SATURDAY, 26 AUGUST 2023
TEXT:
Exodus 3:1-10
1:
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of
Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to
Horeb, the mountain of God.
2:
There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a
bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.
3:
So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does
not burn up.”
4:
When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within
the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.”
5:
“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where
you are standing is holy ground.”
6:
Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid
to look at God.
7:
The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have
heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about
their suffering.
8:
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring
them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with
milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites and Jebusites.
9:
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the
Egyptians are oppressing them.
10:
So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out
of Egypt.”
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF MOSES
Because
God understood the predicaments of His people, He promised to make a way for
them whenever things were hard.
God
always prepares and uses people in different circumstances for the upliftment
of His people.
The
Israelites cried out to God (Exodus 2:23-25), He heard them, called Moses and
commissioned him to deliver them from bondage in Egypt.
It
is important to note that God called him in an extraordinary way and that he
fled from Egypt after living for forty years as a prince in Pharaoh's palace.
As
we reflect on today's passage, we should understand that no matter how far we
go astray from God and no matter how we delay in responding to God's call, He
will surely use us for the task He has planned for us at His own appropriate
time.
QUESTION:
How far have you gone astray from God?
PRAYER:
Father, help us to understand that no matter how far we go away from You, Your
time is always the best for us. Please use us at Your own time for Your glory,
in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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