“Moses returned to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.’” — Exodus 5:22-23 (NIV84) Poor Moses! […]
10/7/23 Daily Devotion – Even in the Old Testament they had to walk by faith, and not by sight!
That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and foremen in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. […]
10/6/23 Daily Devotion – Hey United States, there is a cost in forgetting the truth of your history!!
“Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord, that I should obey Him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.’” — Exodus 5:2 (NIV84) In Exodus Chapter 1, we are told that a Pharaoh rose to power who did not know (remember) Joseph. He did not remember […]
10/5/23 Daily Devotion – When they heard that God was concerned about them, they did what?
“Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.” — Exodus […]
10/4/23 Daily Devotion – We ought to take God’s covenants seriously!
“At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. ‘Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,’ she said. So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she […]
10/3/23 Daily Devotion – ‘Israel is My firstborn son!’
“Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, and I told you, Let my son go, so he may worship me. But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’” — Exodus 4:22-23 (NIV84) My dad had this unwritten but very lived-out rule […]
10/2/23 Daily Devotion – Moses ‘took the staff of God in his hand’
“So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.” — Exodus 4:20 (NIV84) It is likely that Moses had used that staff for over a decade. Staffs were common tools for shepherds. They used them to stabilize their […]
10/1/23 Daily Devotion – God will work His will, with or without us!
“‘Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.’ But Moses said, ‘O Lord, please send someone else to do it.’ Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, ‘What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way […]
09/30/23 Daily Devotion – God’s presence and providence trumps our excuses!
“Moses said to the Lord, ‘O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’ The Lord said to him, ‘Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? […]
09/29/23 Daily Devotion – How far is God willing to go?
“But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.” — Exodus 4:9 (NIV84) How far is God willing to go to get us to see and […]
