Day 35, February 4, 2021
Scriptures: Exodus 9-10 & Psalm 105 I don’t know why we bothered reading all of Genesis and Exodus, when we have Psalm 105 as the cliff notes version of the story! Obviously, I’m just kidding around. The reason why we have Psalm 105 is for the Israelite’s to have a concise story to tell of God’s faithfulness. Israelites are a storytelling people, and they will need to remind themselves often of God’s faithfulness and Promise keeping. To hear the message of Psalm 105, is to hear the good news of the Old Testament. God has redeemed and saved His people Israel, He rescued them out of Egypt. Psalm 105, is comparable to what we say and remember around our communion at the Lord’s Supper. We remember the Lord breaking bread, and drinking the cup, teaching us that this is his body broken and blood shed for us. We remember the story, we remember God’s faithfulness at the cross. We remember Him delivering us from death, to life. A lot is happening in our Exodus passage today. Pharaoh’s heart is hardened on his own, and also by God. It seems like at some point, Moses could compromise and say, “Alright, we won’t go out with our animals for worship.” But there was no compromise when it came to worshiping God. It’s a difficult story to read, for sure. All of the death and destruction is hard to understand. But God is working in it all, to bring His people out of Egypt, and to display His mighty power. So that when they do finally get out of Egypt, they will say of their God, “Give praise to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 2 Sing of him, sing his praises; tell of all his wonderful acts. 3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 4 Look to the Lordand his strength; seek his face always. 5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced… 8 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations” (Psalm 105:1-5,8). Sing His Praises, Jordan
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AuthorJordan Ickes, Minister of Etna Green Church of Christ. Archives
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