Post by Woody Williams on Mar 5, 2007 6:40:06 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Exodus 33:1-6
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The LORD said to Moses, "Go, leave this place, you and the people
whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land
of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your
descendants I will give it.' I will send an angel before you, and I
will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing
with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, or I would
consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people."
When the people heard these harsh words, they mourned, and no one put
on ornaments. For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites,
'You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up
among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, and I
will decide what to do to you.'" Therefore the Israelites stripped
themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
Devotional
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God's call to Israel was clear. God would lead them to a promised
land and would bless the world through them. However, because of
their sin and rebellion God will not be revealed directly to them, or
they would be consumed by God's holiness. God will care for them and
lead then through an angel, those who served as ministers of God's
leading and protection. God provides even though his people often do
not deserve his unending supply of mercy and love.
Prayer
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Forgive my rebellion, Lord, and lead me in right paths. Amen
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The LORD said to Moses, "Go, leave this place, you and the people
whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land
of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your
descendants I will give it.' I will send an angel before you, and I
will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing
with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, or I would
consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people."
When the people heard these harsh words, they mourned, and no one put
on ornaments. For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites,
'You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up
among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, and I
will decide what to do to you.'" Therefore the Israelites stripped
themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
Devotional
----------
God's call to Israel was clear. God would lead them to a promised
land and would bless the world through them. However, because of
their sin and rebellion God will not be revealed directly to them, or
they would be consumed by God's holiness. God will care for them and
lead then through an angel, those who served as ministers of God's
leading and protection. God provides even though his people often do
not deserve his unending supply of mercy and love.
Prayer
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Forgive my rebellion, Lord, and lead me in right paths. Amen