January 26 - Bible reading

If you want to impress a babe, draw water for her: Exodus 2:11-3:22

A taxing subject: Matthew 17:10-27

A prophetic psalm of David about Jesus: Psalm 22:1-18

A continuation about adultery (the “her” in this passage from Proverbs): Proverbs 5:7-14


We often think of Moses as a larger-than-life character. But in Exodus 3 we see that Moses was quite humble. He asked the question “Who am I?” In the rest of the chapter & in chapter 4 he asks a lot of “But what if” type questions. In addition, I believe that God foresaw that Moses would have doubt even after God performs many wonders through Moses. In Exodus 3:12 God told Moses “and this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain”.

For starters, the “you” in “you will worship God on this mountain” is plural. Clearly, God is talking about the Israelites, not just Moses, worshipping Him later. Also, this did not happen until well after the plagues, the slaying of the firstborn in Egypt, and the crossing of the Red Sea (perhaps best translated as “Sea of Reeds”). So, all in all, only after all of that is done & the Israelites worship God back at this mountain will Moses know for certainty that it was God who sent him. Even after hearing God’s voice, from a burning bush with a fire that didn’t consume the bush, and throwing the rod down to make it turn into a snake, and the plague of blood, and the plague of frogs, and etc. God, I believe, could see that Moses would still have doubt that he’s doing God’s will. Only when the Israelites are freed from Egypt & worshipping God at this mountain will Moses see the sign that’s the proof that God is the one who sent Moses.

If one of our main Bible heroes could have doubt, it’s okay for us to have doubt. We see the work of the Lord as something that’s on our shoulders – when we’re weak beings. We have to see ourselves as merely vessels of the Lord. The Lord has great ability to do anything, anytime, through anyone. Sometimes, we’re the anyone.