Category: daily meditations

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2009) The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said. (Exodus 19:9). What a dramatic…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2009) Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God. (Exodus 18:12) I am intrigued by the idea that they ate a meal together in…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2009) When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2009) Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.” However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. [Exodus 16:19-20] The Israelites experienced miracle food in…

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…