Posts with the tag “exodus”

Daily Devotional from Exodus 40--Verse 33Moses finished the work.Moses did according to all that the Lord had commanded him. Nothing was left undone. He finished the work. He built the house.And today there’s another house being constructed. But this one is not made of gold, silver, and precious stones. Rather, this one is made of living stones. You and I are being built together into a dwelling p...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 39--Verse 43And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, so they had done it.Extravagant—that’s how I would describe the final result of the Tent of Meeting. The Israelites worked hard to follow all that God had commanded in the building of the temple—especially the craftsmen, designers, and perfumers. The end result was a place ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 38--Verse 8He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.Yes! They had hand mirrors in Bible times! They were made of highly-polished bronze, and women used them then as we use them now – to see how we look.The basin was a large ritual wash basin, used by priests to w...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 37—Verse 1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood.There’s something to be said for using your hands in the worship of God. In today’s reading, Bezalel made the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar of incense, and even anointing oil. In this day and age of digital technology, we can lose the tactile sense of working with our hands. And that includes cooking a meal from ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 36—Bezalel and Oholiab, with the other craftsmen, were overwhelmed with materials because of the generosity of the Israelites. The Lord stirred the people to create and give all that was needed plus more to the point that Moses had to command them to stop.Oh Lord, stir our hearts and instill skills in us to do your will for, in and through your house. Due to your gener...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 35—Verse 21And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord's contribution to be used for the tent of meeting.In this chapter we find that God gave commands, and God stirred hearts creating generosity toward His tent of meeting and to each other.To be a kind, loving, generous, and giving person, like Jesus still...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 34--Verses 29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.What an interesting passage here. Moses had just spent 40 days fasting and talking with God and his face was shining when he was done. Moses didn’...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 33--Verse 13Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.Moses was having one-on-one conversation with God, just as a man speaks to his friend.This special privilege was granted to Moses, and it’s the same privilege we, as God’s ch...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 32--Verse 14Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.For many of us, the idea of an angry and fuming God is all we can imagine. God is angry at sin. Sinners are to stand before a righteous God and be judged for their evildoing. God’s judgment will come to the unrighteous. All of this is true. But what we see here, is that th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 31—Verses 2-3See, I have called by name Bezalel…and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship…I get excited when I think about God designing us so intentionally and specifically! I notice an order of events in this passage: first, God called Bezalel by name. Then, he filled him with the Spirit of God. ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 30—Verse 31And you shall say to the people of Israel, “This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.”Ever wondered the origins of anointing oil? Here it is! And even the recipe to use. I, like others, had wondered why we anoint with oil, and this is a good place to start. The significance of this is so much deeper though.In this passage, we see God c...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 29--Verses 44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.God has established the priesthood here for the Levites. He does this so that there will be a set apart people to usher the Israelites into the presence of God. Today this priesthood is expanded to all believers by the sacrifice of Jesus an...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 28-- And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. - Exodus 28:2When they go into the tent of meeting…they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. - Exodus 30:20Have you been tent camping for a few days, exposed to dust and dirt and campfire smoke, or worked in the yard during the hot summer months? Don’t you just love gett...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 27--Verse 16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.In this chapter, we see very specific instructions for the bronze altar, outer court, and oil for the lamp of the Tabernacle. It may seem tedious to...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 26--Verse 30Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.When Moses took a break away from the people and went up to the mountain to spend one-on-one time with God, God gave him a picture – a vision – of the tabernacle project that he would oversee. Moses wasn’t given any details at the time though, just a vision....  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 24–Verse 12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there…”Moses was about to have the encounter of a lifetime. But before this was to happen, he was simply told to come and wait. But, knowing Moses, he was probably fairly accustomed to this kind of thing with no big encounters to speak of. Lately, I feel the Lord’s been waking me up very early i...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 23--Verse 10Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest.Some songs have no rhythm. Everything just bleeds together. Non-stop work has no rhythm. Fitting everything in your schedule has no rhythm. Saying yes to every opportunity has no rhythm. But a cadence of creation was set in place back in Genesis 1-2. And in order to move to the music you...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 22—This chapter addresses many aspects of right behavior and reflects what Jesus says:“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Matthew 22:37-39  If we are loving our neighbors, we w...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 21Verse 24…eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot…How many times have we heard these words quoted, especially in old western movies? And what about verse 7, “If a man sells his daughter”...what’s up with that? Laws about servants, laws about violence, laws about property? Some seem strange, some seem severe and some we read and say, ‘really?’These l...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 20--Verse 3You shall have no other gods before me.In Exodus 19-21, we see a stunning display of God’s power and His outline for morality for the people of Israel. These are the first laws given to them to follow, and they come down to two things: love God and love your neighbor (Mark 12:29-31).This is the struggle of the human condition. It’s hard for us to love God ab...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 19--Verse 5‘Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.I love how the New Testament connects to the Old Testament. The mission that ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 18—Verse 18You’re going to wear yourself out—and the people, too. This job is too heavy a burden for you to handle all by yourself.Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, was a man of wisdom. He saw how much responsibility Moses had taken upon himself and knew that he wouldn’t be able to sustain that pace for long. His solution? Ask for help.Have you ever felt worn out? Too over...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 17— Verse 7And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying. “Is the LORD among us or not?”The people of Israel had seen time and time again how God had provided for them, but they still questioned whether He was truly with them. They were having trouble trusting that H...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 16--Verse 8And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”Isn’t it easy to grumble? To be unsatisfied with your circumstances is understandable but if we grumble, who are we...  Read More

Daily Devotional Exodus 15--Verses 23-25When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.This story is a little comical. How silly to see the ver...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 14--Verse 14The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.The Israelites were in the midst of a tricky situation. Their backs were against the Red Sea. In front of them was the entire Egyptian army. They had nowhere to go. Can you imagine the anxiety? Did God deliver them from Egyptian oppression--just to be annihilated by their hands? Yet, God had someth...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 13--Verse 3, 9, 16Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place.… And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought yo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 12--Verse 13The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.The angel of death passed over the homes of the Israelites whose doorposts were marked with the blood of the Passover lamb. This was a sign placed on the doorposts to si...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 11--Verse 2Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.Pharaoh wasn’t going to let the Hebrews go without a fight. In those days when nations warred against each other, they aimed to kill the leaders, destroy the crops, destroy or kill the herds, and finally loot their hom...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 10—Verse 3How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?Pharaoh was full of pride, so God left him to the natural hardness of his heart. The ancient Egyptians saw Pharaoh as a god, and so he saw himself.It is not hard to imagine that he said within himself, "Who are these Hebrews? They are my slaves. I have built cities with their unpaid labor and I mean to hol...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 8–Verse 23I will put a division between my people and your people.We don’t like the sound of that. Division? We would probably prefer to fit in with those around us – do the same things, act the same way, talk the same talk. They’re into this, that, and the other. And, why shouldn’t we be? We breathe the same air, after all. Shouldn’t we think the same thoughts, have t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 7—Verses 10-12So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's st...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 6—Verses 6-9Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 5—Verse 23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.Pharaoh rejected God’s request (spoken through Moses) to allow the children of Israel to celebrate a feast to Him in the wilderness. Pharaoh was so angered by the request he added additional requirements to their brick making quota...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 4--Verse 14Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well.Moses: Then why didn’t you choose Aaron in the first place? You know this type of work requires eloquence! I can’t persuade an empire to relinquish their labor force by a stammering tongue. What are you thinking, God? You know Aaron is better at this kind of thing.God: But I haven’t ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 3--Verse 11But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”I remember the day I felt the Holy Spirit speak to me about pursuing worship ministry. I was afraid, and I didn’t feel well equipped for the task. Moses was being called to do something great and scary. He also did not feel equipped, although God had a...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 2—Verses 23-25Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act. (NLT)There may be some of us...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 1--Verse 9-10And [Pharaoh] said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”Afraid that his power and influence would be challenged, Pharaoh made choices that led to death and oppress...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 32--Verse 14Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.For many of us, the idea of an angry and fuming God is all we can imagine. God is angry at sin. Sinners are to stand before a righteous God and be judged for their evildoing. God’s judgment will come to the unrighteous. All of this is true. But what we see here, is that th...  Read More

Daily devotional from Exodus 28-30--And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.‭‭Exodus‬ ‭28:2‬ ‭When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.‭‭Exodus‬ ‭30:20‬ ‭We all have had the experience - after we have been tent camping for a...  Read More