Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Exodus 2
This chapter has one of my favorite stories of all the Scriptures. Moses' mom has to give up her son Moses to protect his life and so she floats him down the river. Pharaoh's daughter sees this baby and takes him as her own, and uniquely Moses' sister Miriam walks along the Nile to see where Moses ends up. As Pharaoh's daughter holds the baby, Miriam walks up realizing that Pharaoh's daughter cannot nurse the baby, so upon Miriam's request, she has the perfect person to nurse baby Moses...her mom. Haha, that is awesome to see how God is all over this story. Moses' mom gives him up to protect him and in return she gets permission to nurse him from Pharaoh. May we never lose heart, God is always aware of what is going on in our lives!
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Here are some of the other comments from people in our class...I am loving this:
ReplyDeleteEx 1:6 and 12 references to the Israelites being exceedingly fruitful and that the more oppressed they were, the more they multiplied! You can see God's hand in this from the very start! - Ann
When Moses' sister stood in a distance, reminded me of "standing close to the chariot", and then she was 'ready' to do her part! I believe we are called to be aware of our surroundings and Be Ready. - Linda
Exodus chapter 2. God's hand is upon Moses from the beginning. He was rescued from the river and his mother was even paid to nurse him! - Connie
She named him Moses saying, "i drew him out of the water." And my thought was, that sounds a lot like baptism. Brought out of the water and taken from one family to another. - Blaine
ReplyDelete23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
ReplyDeleteThis was my favorite part of this chapter. That God watched them. They cried out to him and he heard them. He was concerned. Just reinforces to me that he is listening and he is concerned for me and you.
We like in 17 where Moses rescued the daughters, sometimes we are called to small task and maybe how we respond determines if we can handle bigger task (later Moses will rescue the Israelites from slavery) - Brittney
ReplyDeleteWhat really stuck out to me today was Exodus 2:25 when it states, "God saw the people of Israel...and God knew," referring to the fact that it was now time for God to keep His promise. Even when we can't see it God knows. - Parker
ReplyDeleteI hate all the violence, even today we live in such a broken world but the Israelites cried out for help, reminding me that I can do that as well today thanks to Jesus. - Marsha
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