Week 8 Tuesday
Today we meet Moses - rescued as a baby and called by God in the wilderness - hear David pray boldly for vindication, and watch Jesus challenge a rich man while healing a blind beggar.
Exodus 2-3
📖 What are we reading?: Moses is born, rescued from death, and adopted into Pharaoh's household. Grown, he kills an Egyptian and flees to Midian - where years later, God calls him from a burning bush.
✞ What does this passage say about God? Notice God's greatness on display in chapter 3 - He sees His people's suffering, He knows their cries, and He calls ordinary, flawed people into extraordinary purposes.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Moses' mother's courageous act pays off in a truly miraculous way. And though Moses sins grievously and runs away, God still calls him. Consider your own calling today - God isn't put off by our past failures.
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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 - the great rescue that Israel would look back on again and again as proof of God's love, and a picture of Christ setting us free from the prison of sin.
📝 Luke speaking on how Jesus is the angel in the burning bush.
Psalm 35
📖 What are we reading?: A long psalm in which David prays that God will defend him against his enemies and vindicate his innocence.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He is our defender - the One who fights for us when we are wrongly accused.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Notice David's incessant praise, even in the middle of his plea. May our own prayers for justice always be wrapped in worship.
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➡️ 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.
Luke 18:18-43
📖 What are we reading?: A rich ruler walks away sad after Jesus calls him to sell everything and follow Him. Jesus then predicts His own death for the third time, and heals a blind beggar outside Jericho.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He sees what truly holds our hearts captive, and He asks for all of us. And where earthly things fail, His power to heal and save never does.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? The rich young ruler's story challenges those of us with many possessions - what are we still holding back from Jesus? And the blind beggar's healing caused much praising of God. May it do the same in our lives!
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➡️ The bigger picture: Luke's Gospel was written by Luke, a Greek physician and companion of Paul, around AD 60-62. It is the most detailed account of Jesus' life, and is especially attentive to the poor, to women, and to outcasts.
A Prayer for the Day
🙏 Lord, thank You that You see our suffering and call us despite our past failures, that You fight for the wrongly accused, and that You ask for all of our hearts. Help us to let go of whatever holds us back from following You fully. Amen.
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