28. See your problems in the right perspective
God performed mighty miracles for all the Israelites to see. He performed the ten mighty plagues and He led them out of Egypt by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. He was absolutely visible to them and He proved to be totally trustworthy as everything He told them […]
27. Follow God (1)
The Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt like a triumphant army. They were free from slavery and free from the Egyptians. They must have felt so relieved. But then God did a strange thing. He took a detour towards the Promised Land. He didn’t lead them straight towards it. Now why did He do […]
26. Move forward in faith
God had devastated Egypt with the first 9 plagues. He literally brought them to their knees. All that they had left was their lives and the lives of their family and friends, but then God warned them that a last plague was coming, a plague that will finally break their resolve. All their first born […]
25. Beware a heart of stone
God brought Egypt to its knees by means of executing ten devastating plagues on them. Most of their animals were dead, their crops were destroyed, their health suffered, all the fish in the Nile were dead and they all lost their firstborn son. It was truly devastating. God also caused them to lavish the Israelites […]
24. Tell your children (1)
God continued to display His mighty deeds and wonders to all the Egyptians and Israelites alike. And Moses was obedient to everything God told him. He didn’t tire but went back again and again to unrelenting Pharaoh. Moses didn’t know how many plagues were left before it was the end, but he didn’t question God, […]
23. Be obedient to God
God sent one plague after another on the Egyptians. The magicians of Pharaoh could imitate the first two plagues. They could also turn water into blood and cause frogs to jump all over everyone. Of course their demonic powers are very limited, even though they could imitate that first two plagues, they couldn’t do it […]
22. Put God first
God started to move on behalf of His people to free them from Egypt with mighty deeds. God attacked every ‘god’ that the Egyptians had in their lives, for example the ‘god’ of the sun – Amon-Re, the crafty cow-goddess – Hathor etcetera. The first ‘god’ to be attacked was the river Nile. They viewed […]
21. Share your weaknesses
Moses was an amazing person, really. He not only continued when all the odds were against him, he listened wholeheartedly to the Lord and followed His instructions to the letter, even when it seemed that everything was going wrong. But he did make mistakes and he complained quite a bit in the beginning as I […]
20. Keeping the faith
Poor old Moses. He left his home of 40 years to serve God and to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. And since leaving, his wife was not impressed with him as we saw earlier (incidentally she left Egypt some or other time, because in Exodus 18 his father in law visits Moses in the […]
19. Things might get worse
Moses and Aaron had made their first visit to the Pharaoh and things didn’t turn out as they had planned. In fact things got worse, much worse. Pharaoh gave orders to the slave drivers and foremen: Exodus 5:7-9 “Do not supply the people with any more straw for making bricks. Let them get it themselves! […]
18. Look up to God
Finally Moses and Aaron were on their way to meet Pharaoh. Now according to ancient writings and the movie of ‘The Prince of Egypt’ Pharaoh on the throne during this time was Ramses. It could have been someone else, but as far as we know it was Ramses. Now Ramses undoubtedly knew Moses. They most […]
17. Don’t be jealous of others
Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt, possibly with their hearts pumping and with their palms sweating, but they returned there and immediately started with the task at hand. They first called a meeting of the leaders of Israel. Now I can imagine that the leaders of Israel were a bit skeptical. They didn’t know Moses, […]
16. God will send help
Moses was on his way back to Egypt! I sometimes wonder how nervous he must have been. All he had was God’s Word and his staff to perform miracles. That was it! That must have been nerve recking! Fortunately for him God made sure that Aaron met him at the mountain of God, the same […]
15. Follow God’s instructions
Finally Moses agreed to what God was asking of him and he set out to do the task. But before he could go he had to tell his family. His father in law seemed pleased, and the next thing we know Moses, his wife Zipporah and his two sons were on their way back to […]
14. God is with us
Before I continue with Moses’ life, I would just like to pause for today. Have you ever wished that God would appear to you like He did to Moses? I mean it must have been quite a sight! God speaking through a fire to you, wow! I sometimes find myself wishing that God would appear […]
13. God knows everything
In the life of Moses there are also interesting parts of God’s character that shine through and I would like to briefly discuss it today. The first thing that caught my eye was: “The Israelites cried out for help and their pleas for deliverance rose up to God. God heard their cries and remembered His […]
12. God will use you just as you are
The Lord appeared to Moses and offered him the chance to lead His people out of Egypt. The time had come for the Lord to present Moses with his breakthrough. His training had been completed and the Lord was pleased with him. He had continued to be faithful in the small things and the time […]
11. Move out when God says you must
Moses was attending his father-in-law’s sheep, an occupation that as I said was not the highest on any social agenda. He was at the bottom of his career. But he was faithful in what he did and he might have even accepted his lot in life. Then one day God appeared to him and told […]
10. Jesus knows how to attract our attention
Moses was faithfully attending his father-in-law’s flock of sheep when God decided it was time for Moses to move into his destiny. What is very interesting to me is the way that God appeared to him. He could have appeared to Moses in any way He pleased. He could have spoken to him from the […]
9. Trust God in the wilderness
Moses fled Egypt and went to live in Midian. The Lord looked after him and introduced him to the family of Jethro, the priest of Midian. Jethro was a good man and he and Moses got along very well. Moses later married his daughter, Zipporah and they had two sons. He named his second son […]