Daily Dose of the Word of God - Exodus 3: 6-10

Kyle Olson, Technical Director

Transcript

Kyle Olson  0:05 

Welcome to Elmhurst CRC's Daily Dose of the Word of God. It's Wednesday, January 8. My name is Kyle Olson, and I serve here as the Technical Director. I'll be reading from Exodus chapter 3, verses 6 through 10 which continues our series called, "Eat This Book". And now this reading starts with the voice of God as he's having a conversation with Moses.

Kyle Olson  0:32 

I am the True God, the God of your father, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. A feeling of dread and awe rushed over Moses; he hid his face because he was afraid he might catch a glimpse of the True God. I have seen how My people in Egypt are being mistreated. I have heard their groaning when the slave drivers torment and harass them; for I know well their suffering. I have come to rescue them from the oppression of the Egyptians, to lead them from that land where they are slaves and to give them a good land—a wide, open space flowing with milk and honey. The land is currently inhabited by Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. The plea of Israel’s children has come before Me, and I have observed the cruel treatment they have suffered by Egyptian hands. So go. I’m sending you back to Egypt as My messenger to the Pharaoh. I want you to gather My people—the children of Israel—and bring them out of Egypt.

Kyle Olson  1:49  

Let's pray. Lord, thank you for your word. Thank you for your promises. Thank you for your covenant with the people of Israel and then your covenant with us. It is good for us to hear your voice. We don't know exactly what it sounded like, we don't know how Moses even heard it but we knew that when he came down, that he had witnessed, heard you, believed in you and followed what you said. It is good to know that prayers are answered and that ultimately you, God, have come to rescue us through Jesus and your Holy Spirit to help us bring about the Kingdom of God here on earth as in heaven - to become part of the rescue plan that you've created. Help us continue the work in your name. Amen.