Author: Norm

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling. [Exodus 15:13] The underlying story of the bible is how God is rescuing His family and restoring His creation. All people are called and welcomed to…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” [Exodus 14:13-14] Having made the…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) “In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed the firstborn of both…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 12 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.” [Exodus 12: 19-20] Let me state the obvious: the yeast is a symbol, there is nothing wrong with yeast itself. Here it refers to their haste in leaving Egypt – there was no time to wait for…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) The LORD made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people. [Exodus 11:3] This is quite something, how the Lord could cause all of these plagues against the Egyptians, and yet they are favorably disposed…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) That you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the LORD.” [Exodus 10:2] Not just a series of unfortunate events, these are signs, directed by God for…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’” [Exodus 9:4] This chapter suggests the following: God causes the plagues, God decides who is plagued and who is spared, and God hardens…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. [Exodus 8:1] To worship is to respond to the amazing greatness or goodness of something. There are many great and…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. [Exodus 7:1] Like God… This brings us back to the beginning, where humans were created in God’s likeness [Genesis 1:26-27]. To represent God in the world –…