God's Exceptional Choice
Out of Slavery - Into Nationhood
The Birth of Moses
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)
Psalm 105:12-25 The Message7-15 He's God, our God,
in charge of the whole earth.
And he remembers, remembers his Covenant—
for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word.
It's the Covenant he made with Abraham,
the same oath he swore to Isaac,
The very statute he established with Jacob,
the eternal Covenant with Israel,
Namely, "I give you the land.
Canaan is your hill-country inheritance."
When they didn't count for much,
a mere handful, and strangers at that,
Wandering from country to country,
drifting from pillar to post,
He permitted no one to abuse them.
He told kings to keep their hands off:
"Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed,
don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets." 16-22 Then he called down a famine on the country,
he broke every last blade of wheat.
But he sent a man on ahead:
Joseph, sold as a slave.
They put cruel chains on his ankles,
an iron collar around his neck,
Until God's word came to the Pharaoh,
and God confirmed his promise.
God sent the king to release him.
The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
He appointed him master of his palace,
put him in charge of all his business
To personally instruct his princes
and train his advisors in wisdom. 23-42 Then Israel entered Egypt,
Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
God gave his people lots of babies;
soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
He turned the Egyptians against his people;
they abused and cheated God's servants.
For Reflection
"Because of God's sovereign, gracious dealings with us, we should praise Him, obey Him, and make Him known to others.'Make known His deeds among the peoples.' Israel was not to hide the revelation that God had entrusted to them but to proclaim it. Jesus' final words to us were to make disciples of all the nations (Matt. 28:19-20). God's sovereign grace in saving us should never diminish our evangelistic effort but rather increase it. As the Lord told Paul when he was in Corinth (Acts 18:9-10), "go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city." Those people were God's elect, who had not yet come to faith. So Paul endured all things for the sake of God's elect so that they would come to salvation (2 Tim. 2:10). The doctrine of election should motivate us to evangelism and missions because we know that God's sovereign purpose to save His people will not fail."* *Steven J. Cole, https://bible.org/users/steven-j-cole PrayPraise God for his covenantal relationship with us. Give thanks for God's guiding and protecting hand.
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