Week 13 Friday
Moses finishes the tabernacle exactly as the Lord commanded and God's glory fills it, Psalm 62 tells us rest for the soul is found in God alone, and we meet Saul and Philip - one approving of a killing, the other carrying the gospel to hated Samaria.
Exodus 40
📖 What are we reading?: Moses finishes setting up the tabernacle, and God's glory fills it in a powerful way - bringing Exodus to a close.
✞ What does this passage say about God? What a sight that glory cloud must have been! He is truly worthy of our praise.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Notice Moses doing exactly what the Lord commanded him. We have God's commands in our Bibles too - do we obey?
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➡️ The bigger picture: Exodus, meaning "departure", was written by Moses around 1400 BC. It tells the thrilling story of Israel's miraculous deliverance from slavery in Egypt - a picture of Christ setting us free from the prison of sin.
Psalm 62
📖 What are we reading?: David finds his soul at rest in God alone, despite ongoing attacks against him.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He alone is our rock, our salvation, and our fortress.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Rest for the soul is found in God alone. Are you trusting and resting in Him?
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📝 A devotion on resting in God.
➡️ The bigger picture: The Psalms is a collection of 150 poems and songs, written by David and others, expressing the full range of human emotion in response to God and to life.
Acts 8:1-25
📖 What are we reading?: Persecution scatters the believers, and we get our first glimpse of Saul approving of Stephen's killing, while Philip carries the gospel to Samaria, where signs, healings and great joy follow.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He can take even the most unlikely people - like a persecutor named Saul - and turn them around completely. Just wait to see how God changes him in the chapters to come!
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Philip was willing to take the gospel even to Samaria, where Jews were hated. Are we willing to risk for our faith like that?
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📝 A devotion on Philip's boundary-breaking ministry.
➡️ The bigger picture: Luke's second book outlines the ministry of the early church - though it could just as well be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit, as He guides and grows Jesus' small movement into something that changes the world.
A Prayer for the Day
🙏 Lord, thank You that You are worthy of all praise and that our souls find true rest in You alone; make us obedient to Your Word and willing, like Philip, to carry the gospel wherever You send us. Amen.
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