the beginning of Moses' story. funny how, even though I haven't seen the movie in years, I kept seeing the Prince of Egypt running in my mind. The whole time thinking the story line in the movie was terribly flawed!
Anyway :)
The enemy tried to kill off the redeemer by having the king kill off all the baby boys. Sounds familiar, huh? So what's going on now with all the abortions? I won't go there, plenty of other people have... I wonder how difficult for Moses' mom to give him up after she nursed him? At least he was alive and she knew he'd be in good hands with the princess.
I never noticed before that the king who drove Moses out the first time was not the same as the one who Moses told to set his people free.
At the burning bush, God didn't speak to Moses until Moses turned toward Him. That spoke to me. Moses saw that something was going on - the non-burning bush, went to check it out, then God spoke to him. We should be on the lookout for the things, especially the miracles, that are going on around us. God may just speak to us too.
I like that God still used Moses, regardless of all the excuses he came up with! I know He wasn't happy, but He had a call on his life. Moses and Aaron did what God told them, a lot of bad things happened, but it all worked out for His glory. I've struggled with the fact that God hardened Pharaoh's heart, but I think Pharaoh must have made his choice before this. And God did all that so that Israel would see Him moving, and that the people of Egypt would see that He was the Lord. Sad that you don't read of any of the Egyptians going with the Israelites and turning to the Lord.
They get all the way to the sea and then Pharaoh and his army come upon them. They blame Moses for leading them out to die. How many times, no I really don't want to know, have God lead me out of a bad place and then I get scared and ask what the heck He was doing? Got to learn to trust Him! If He has brought me this far, He'll split that sea in front of me too.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Day 4: Genesis 40 - 50
Starting today, I'm going to just add these to my other blog and label them B90 and close this one. less to keep track of :)
So day 4 took me 4 days to read, but it is done!
The story of Joseph... a man who got it, that God had it all worked out. It's not you who sent me here, but God. To forgive his brothers for selling him as a slave for so little money (less than $2 in today's terms), to face the false accusations of the man's wife and to be in prison and forgotten by those who he helped, wow, he understood God. Do we? Do I? That we lose jobs, get jobs, make friends, lose friends, make money, lose money, go here and go there, all for His glory? That He makes all things work for good? For His plan? He's in our yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever? Wow!
One of my favorite verses is towards the end of Genesis.. Joseph said, after his brothers were still afraid that he would repay their sins to them after Jacob died, "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result..." (50:20) Oh, that when people wrong me that I would have the wisdom to say that!
Also...
So Israel's family moves to a country were they are surrounded by people who find them 'loathsome'. And to the best land in the area. God blessed them. Nice!
Jacob, on his death-bed, blessed Joseph's sons, putting the younger above the older... why? Not sure, but maybe something to do with him and Esau? And when he blessed his own sons, he seem to favor the younger. No insight here, just observations :)
Now, let's see if I can get Day 5 in this evening too?!?! ;)
Day 3: Genesis 29 - 39
Confession: I'm not following the plan exactly. I was actually supposed to only read to 28:20 yesterday and then 40:11 today... but I just can't stop reading in the middle of the paragraph. So somedays I'll have to read a little more, others a little less.
Jacob meets Rachael. While it sounds so romantic that a guy would work for a girl for 7 years, did he seriously not know he was making love to the wrong woman???? I don't get that. Was is completely dark and she didn't say a word? I know this isn't spiritual at all, but that is what I thought when I read it. Poor Leah though. But the Lord had favor on her and she bore children, which again, he apparently didn't not love her too much to have a bunch of children with her (not to mention the 2 servants)... I digress. Just saying that I don't get it.
And what makes a sheep or a goat have spotted offspring just by the rods it looks at while it's mating?
I wonder what happened to Esau over those twenty some years when Jacob was away. If I were Jacob, I would have been afraid too. Esau wanted to kill him the last we heard. But I guess his success made him happy. Even though he didn't receive the blessing from his father, he still seemed to do OK.
I have heard so many sermons on Joseph, that I really don't much new to say. He was upright in his business, yet maybe a little to prideful with his brothers. He was young though ;) He just got thrown in jail, will read the rest tomorrow. Now I have the play going on in my head... lol
Jacob meets Rachael. While it sounds so romantic that a guy would work for a girl for 7 years, did he seriously not know he was making love to the wrong woman???? I don't get that. Was is completely dark and she didn't say a word? I know this isn't spiritual at all, but that is what I thought when I read it. Poor Leah though. But the Lord had favor on her and she bore children, which again, he apparently didn't not love her too much to have a bunch of children with her (not to mention the 2 servants)... I digress. Just saying that I don't get it.
And what makes a sheep or a goat have spotted offspring just by the rods it looks at while it's mating?
I wonder what happened to Esau over those twenty some years when Jacob was away. If I were Jacob, I would have been afraid too. Esau wanted to kill him the last we heard. But I guess his success made him happy. Even though he didn't receive the blessing from his father, he still seemed to do OK.
I have heard so many sermons on Joseph, that I really don't much new to say. He was upright in his business, yet maybe a little to prideful with his brothers. He was young though ;) He just got thrown in jail, will read the rest tomorrow. Now I have the play going on in my head... lol
Day 2: Genesis 17 - 28
ead the rest of the account of Abraham and Sarah, then the account of Issac and the start of Jacob. Totally honest, I've read these many times before, and didn't really get much out of it this time. Maybe I REALLY should listen to my own advise from yesterday and not read it all at one time. I don't want this challenge to just be something I do and put on a checklist, ya know? This is the Word of God for Heaven's sake!
Abraham - though he didn't do it perfect, he certainly did things I don't want to have to face. To literally have to sacrafic a son like that. I know the Lord stopped him and provided a way out, but what in my life has the Lord promised me, yet told me to sacrifice it in obedience? Do I say, oh yeah, sure and not make it all the way to building the alter and pulling out my knife? We don't face decisions quite like this anymore. God may ask us to sacrifice things or plans, but a living person? Hmmm....
Sarah - I get her. I know I've laughed at the promised of God, thinking yeah, right! To try to fulfill a promise in my own strength, to only despise the results.
Issac - gotta wonder what was going through his head when his dad bound him up and laid him on the wood.
Jacob - the deceiver. haven't gotten to the point where his name is changed yet though. He lived up to his name though. Pushed some by his mom, also on his own. Birthright and blessing, even though earned by trickery are still honored... I don't get that, sorry. :-/
The Lord promises us things and blesses us, even though we totally don't deserve it all. He is so gracious. So full of mercy. I praise Him for that!
Abraham - though he didn't do it perfect, he certainly did things I don't want to have to face. To literally have to sacrafic a son like that. I know the Lord stopped him and provided a way out, but what in my life has the Lord promised me, yet told me to sacrifice it in obedience? Do I say, oh yeah, sure and not make it all the way to building the alter and pulling out my knife? We don't face decisions quite like this anymore. God may ask us to sacrifice things or plans, but a living person? Hmmm....
Sarah - I get her. I know I've laughed at the promised of God, thinking yeah, right! To try to fulfill a promise in my own strength, to only despise the results.
Issac - gotta wonder what was going through his head when his dad bound him up and laid him on the wood.
Jacob - the deceiver. haven't gotten to the point where his name is changed yet though. He lived up to his name though. Pushed some by his mom, also on his own. Birthright and blessing, even though earned by trickery are still honored... I don't get that, sorry. :-/
The Lord promises us things and blesses us, even though we totally don't deserve it all. He is so gracious. So full of mercy. I praise Him for that!
Day 1: Genesis 1 - 16
wow, what did I get myself into!?! :) a lesson in discipline, that's what. also think I should read bits throughout the day, instead of all at one time. probably get more out of it. anyway...
In the beginning, things were great, then they went to hell. God made everything, blessed it. He is the Creator of all, of EVERYTHING!!! that blows my mind! He's so creative, has so much wisdom. He is Creator and All-knowing... my brain can't handle that :) So, who am I to tell Him what to do? Seriously? Hey, I know You set the universe in motion, made stars so big they make our sun look like a pin-prick, but could You hurry up and do this? Wow, step back and think about that! But in the same sense, He did/does all that, is so BIG, yet He knows every single hair on my head, every single cell in my body. Listens to me, loves me. Most of all, the Creator of all this and all that, died for me. Because He loved me. Little bitty, speck of dirt, wisp of breath, me!
never noticed before, that vegetation was created before time though. Interesting, no spiritual insight to that, just an observation. also noticed that it was probably His perfect plan for us to not eat animals. We didn't in the garden, and its not mentioned until after the flood.
Enoch was taken by God, and was no more. Raptured? Maybe, I want to walk that close with Him that He just decides to take me like that! :)
Abram. One of many that prove that God can use us and bless us, regardless of our shortcomings. I'm sure he was a great guy, but not claiming his wife to save his own butt and listened to his wife to sleep with another woman to fulfill God's promise. He did great things though. He trusted the Lord, which made him righteous in the eyes of the Lord. In the end, that's what matters: trusting the Lord.
In the beginning, things were great, then they went to hell. God made everything, blessed it. He is the Creator of all, of EVERYTHING!!! that blows my mind! He's so creative, has so much wisdom. He is Creator and All-knowing... my brain can't handle that :) So, who am I to tell Him what to do? Seriously? Hey, I know You set the universe in motion, made stars so big they make our sun look like a pin-prick, but could You hurry up and do this? Wow, step back and think about that! But in the same sense, He did/does all that, is so BIG, yet He knows every single hair on my head, every single cell in my body. Listens to me, loves me. Most of all, the Creator of all this and all that, died for me. Because He loved me. Little bitty, speck of dirt, wisp of breath, me!
never noticed before, that vegetation was created before time though. Interesting, no spiritual insight to that, just an observation. also noticed that it was probably His perfect plan for us to not eat animals. We didn't in the garden, and its not mentioned until after the flood.
Enoch was taken by God, and was no more. Raptured? Maybe, I want to walk that close with Him that He just decides to take me like that! :)
Abram. One of many that prove that God can use us and bless us, regardless of our shortcomings. I'm sure he was a great guy, but not claiming his wife to save his own butt and listened to his wife to sleep with another woman to fulfill God's promise. He did great things though. He trusted the Lord, which made him righteous in the eyes of the Lord. In the end, that's what matters: trusting the Lord.
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