We can read Scripture over and over and yet something will always stand out that we couldn’t see before. In Exodus 17 we first encounter Joshua and the first people to attack the Israelites. The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out…

Do we ever take the time to think about all we have to be grateful for? We take so much for granted but think about how much God does and provides for every day of our lives! Our bodily rhythms are so necessary and we take them for granted but why? I can’t control them.…

Exodus 15 introduces the song Moses and the Israelites sang to God. Can you imagine? You know how powerful Pharaoh and his army is. Now you have witnessed God’s power and it is mighty. I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. v. 1. Can you imagine how they felt singing this…

In reading Exodus 14, I was struck by so many things. People, Israelite and Egyptian, who did not know God are being actively impacted by His working in their lives. Plagues that devastated Egypt. Two million or so former slaves leaving en masse with their livestock are now traveling through the wilderness and the Lord…

Last night we watched the first part of the 3 part series on PBS The U.S. and the Holocaust. It showcased the sentiment in this country toward immigration during World War II. The Great Depression left little room in people’s hearts for “foreign” people coming to find shelter here when jobs and food were so…

In the time before this last plague that will befall Egypt, God teaches Moses who teaches the Children of Israel what they are to do so that their firstborn children will live and not die. They are to take a year old lamb or kid without defect and slaughter them at twilight. Then they are…

Exodus 11 is a short Chapter. One more plague. Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. v. 1. In the last Chapter Pharaoh had threatened…

“How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?” Exodus 10:3. God’s question to Pharaoh before the plague of locusts. Even Pharaoh’s officials question why he won’t realize Egypt is ruined! v. 7. Yet, Pharaoh refuses to humble himself and tries to dictate to God the terms of who would leave. His country is…

The message given to Pharaoh each time Moses and Aaron went to him: Let my people go so they can worship Me. But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. Exodus 9:16. For by now…

As I read Exodus 8, I can’t help but imagine how awful the plagues of frogs, gnats and flies would be as they overtake every space where the people are. How could anyone work or think or not be driven to distraction? The magicians could replicate the frogs but what help was that? Who needed…