Reading
SAA Notes
At the start, every time Moses obeys God’s commands, everything gets worse! There is no great revival, only a long hard time of frustration, rejection by the Church, and overwhelming opposition from Pharaoh. God expects Moses to live by faith in His Word. He gives Moses a daunting commission in 6:11. If God were not God, faith would be folly!
SJA Notes
* Dear God, please teach us from Your word today.
“Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.”
In this passage today Moses calls out God for sending him to the people, for making them a stink in the sight of the king of Egypt.
Remember Moses had tried over and over to get the Lord to pick someone else. He didn’t want the hand of the Lord to pick him for the job.
Here at this adversity and persecution, Moses turns on the Lord as if to blame Him.
But God is faithful.
“Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.”
God is not petty, and He isn’t thin-skinned or quick to bleed.
Praise God for His steadfast love and faithfulness, His mercy to us His people who were once enemies but now are friends, once in darkness but now in light, once dead in sin, now alive in Christ.
Hallelujah, what a Saviour!
* Dear Lord,
Thank You for saving us. For hearing our groaning in sin, dead in our transgressions.
Thank You for Jesus, our King and Saviour.
Thank You God! Father, Son and Spirit – One God, three Persons.
Amen.