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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, December 12, 2022
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Exodus Bible Verse:Exodus 12:33-42 (ESV) "The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations." Message:
And so the promise of the Burning Bush, "I AM", is fulfilled. The Hebrews are not simply allowed to leave Egypt; they are practically driven away. They have won a war without drawing a sword; their only physical weapons are two staffs, carried by Moses and Aaron. Moreover, the Egyptians, in shock over the deaths of all the firstborn, are so desperate to be rid of them that they freely give up their gold, jewelry, and clothing.
Marc Chagall, Moses and the Burning Bush, Exodus
The Hebrews were not looking for luxury; they would need the money to survive their coming ordeal. They head out into the wilderness, a huge host of about 25,000 people, and depart so quickly they cannot leaven their bread, just as they have been prepared to do.
(Note: The English translation of "six hundred thousand men on foot" is almost surely incorrect; we will discuss this at length in a day or two.)
They will now have to do penance for their sins; it will take them forty years to get right with God. The exodus itself is the beginning of God's training the Hebrews to follow His law. Worshipping idols is akin to "Sunday Christianity". One burns something before the idol when one wants something from the god, and then one goes on about his day, his conduct unchanged. But the relationship of the Hebrews to Yahweh will be something new. They will have to change their conduct permanently and continuously, living their lives in obedience to God-given law.
Profound, fundamental change does not come easy. The process has already started. We see the Hebrews acting in obedience to extensive dictates for Passover and gaining, by their obedience, a great boon.
Moreover, this new God is only partially revealed, unlike the tangible statues of Thoth and Anubis. He is beginning the long process of implanting faith. He is gradually weaning the Hebrews off the milk of a visible statue, onto the solid food of faith in an unseen God. There will still be visible evidence of Him, but it will be ever more distant, until their faith has grown so strong they can follow the Word of a God they cannot see.
Meditation : Prayer : I bind myself to you this day, oh Christ, in your truth and in your sacrifice. I give to you my anxiety and my fear, my depression and my doubt, for you have promised to take them if we only ask; and I take upon myself your burden, for it is light and your way is gentle. May I keep this in my heart and mind all this day.......Amen |
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