QT on 14th March 2012

Today's Word is taken from Exodus 6:2-13 (NIV)

[2] God also said to Moses, "I am the Lord. [3] I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. [4] I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens. [5] Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. [6] "Therefore, say to the Israelites: `I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. [7] I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. [8] And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.' " [9] Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage. [10] Then the Lord said to Moses, [11] "Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country." [12] But Moses said to the Lord, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips ?" [13] Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.


1. We should never fall into the trap of believing that we initiated our relationship with God or that we initiated our own salvation. God initiates, we respond. Our worship is a loving response to God's gracious acts in our lives.


2. We always have a choice when it comes to responding to God. Either respond reluctantly, hesitantly, and skeptically and wait for God to make us believe the hard way, or believe with child-like faith and recieve His blessings freely.


Today, the Lord spoke these words to me: "I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord."



Closing Prayer:
Father, I believe that You are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You are the same God today as You were when You delivered Israel from Egypt. I worship You because You are infinitely powerful and wise. Teach me to trust You more. In Jesus' name. Amen.


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