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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. Thursday, June 4, 2026
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Moses Returns to Egypt Bible Verse:Exodus 4:27-31 (ESV) "The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do. Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel. Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped. " Message:
In this world, things constantly become less organized if left to themselves. There is actually a law in physics that says this (in a very complicated way) called the “Second Law of Thermodynamics.” If you build anything, it will begin to disintegrate the second it is built. If you build a house, you either have to repair it as time goes by, or it will become more and more decrepit until it eventually falls down. (Some things clearly become “more organized” — we can tidy up the bookcase or build an automobile out of lumps of metal — but, in simplified terms, anything that becomes more “organized” is offset by an equal or greater “disorganization” elsewhere! If this interests you, you might try the Wikipedia article on entropy.)
The law applies (unfortunately!) to our own bodies, as it does to all animals. We begin to die the minute we are born, because our cellular structure begins to gradually become disorganized.
Renewal
And more to the point, the principle applies to our relationship with God. Unlike our house, we don’t call the fixing up of our relationship with God “repair” — we use the term “renewal” or, in the case of widespread societal religion, “revival.” But the principle is the same. Because we are part of this world, either we renew and revive our spiritual life, or else it will gradually become more and more corrupt and, eventually, fall into ruin.
In today’s Scripture, we see the first great example of deterioration of faith in God over time, followed by a great revival. We don’t know exactly how long the Hebrews were enslaved in Egypt; 300 years is a reasonable estimate. But we do know that the two simple rules of God’s covenant with Abraham — worshipping the Lord and circumcising male infants — had fallen into disregard among the Hebrews by the time of Moses.
The first chapters of Exodus do not address the Hebrews’ idolatry directly, but we know of it indirectly. Both Joshua and Ezekiel condemn the widespread idolatry of the Hebrews in Egypt. (Joshua 24:14; Ezekiel 20:7) As we saw in the preceding Scripture, Moses himself failed to circumcise his son! And before we even finish Exodus, we will see the Hebrews build the famous golden calf.
But for now, we see a huge renewal of faith, sparked by God Himself through his reluctant agent, Moses. Aaron is moved by the Lord to find Moses in the wilderness, where Moses tells him all that has happened. Then they go together to gather up all of the tribal elders, and Moses demonstrates for them the three signs given to him. Their belief in God is rekindled. It is the first great revival meeting.
(Note that although God speaks directly to Aaron, He does not give him words to tell the people. Aaron, who will become the first high priest under the Law, is not a prophet; that distinction belongs to Moses alone. Aaron receives the teachings of God only through Moses.)
Meditation : Prayer : Finally, let me go forth in thanks for the victory I have been given through our Lord Jesus Christ. May I be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, and always remembering that in the Lord our labor is not in vain. Amen. |
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