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Exodus 22:16 thru Exodus 24:18
One of my favorite verses of scripture is, Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin... Zechariah 4:10.
Everything that is great in your life started off small; maybe as an idea, a hope or just a dream.
I love the above quoted verse because it helps me keep going even when things seem so small and ineffective at the moment.
Today we read in Exodus 23:20-32 about the conquest of Canaan, the Promised Land. I hope the children of Israel were comforted by these words of God:
I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey...
I will be an enemy to your enemies...
I will bless you with food and water...
I will protect you from illness...
I will make all your enemies turn and run...
I will hand over to you the people now living in the land...
I will drive them out a little at a time...
God did not give the land or the people to them all at one time. It happened little by little.
That is such a great reminder for all of us today; we don't experience great blessings all in one huge moment but in a bunch of small moments put together.
If you are losing weight, it happens moment by moment, day by day.
If you want to be debt free, it happens moment by moment, day by day.
If you want a great education, it happens moment by moment, day by day.
If you want to have a great marriage, it happens moment by moment, day by day.
If you are saving for your kid's college fund, it happens moment by moment, day by day.
Little by little all things are possible. Don't despise the day of small beginnings, or moments, in your life because when you add them together they equal something great.
The day Jesus was born was not the day of our redemption. Jesus was born, then He became a boy, than a man, then started His ministry and then died for our sins. A bunch of small moments put together for one great salvation.
And because of what Christ has done, and because of who he is, God keeps blessing us... little by little... because His mercies are new every morning.
Remember, it was the little by little blessings that got you where you are today, and it is going to be the little by little blessings that are going to carry you through.
Here are Week 6 Readings:
February 5
Exodus 13:1 thru Exodus 15:27
February 6
Exodus 16:1 thru Exodus 19:25
February 7
Exodus 20:1 thru Exodus 22:15
February 8
Exodus 22:16 thru Exodus 24:18
February 9
Exodus 25:1 thru Exodus 28:43
February 10
Exodus 29:1 thru Exodus 31:18
February 11
Exodus 32:1 thru Exodus 34:35
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Exodus 7:14 thru Exodus 12:51
Sorry I was not able to post a blog yesterday. This week has been crazy busy and my time was very limited. But I am so glad to be back with you today!!
We have had some great readings these past couple of days. I totally forgot about the plague of darkness. The Lord told Moses it would be so thick you could feel it. Then I love what the Word said next, But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived.
It’s the as usual that makes this girl wanna dance, although it wouldn’t be pretty. Trust me, this white girl can’t dance.
Israel is in bondage and has been for 430 years but God still shinned His light on them. And He is still shinning His light on you and me. (For the sake of my fam sitting in front of me I am containing my desire to get that ugly dance on.)
Moving on.
In our reading back on January 5th God told Abram, You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they would be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth. Genesis 15:13-14
Today we saw that promise on all points come to fruition.
If you find yourself in bondage as the children of Israel were, then you need to do what they did. They cried out to God and never gave up hope. I know that they were discouraged as each year changed and their situation did not. I know it got hopeless. But they kept their faith and never forgot God and God never forgot them.
And when they came out, they had more wealth then when they entered in. God is so good.
Take-a-way truth: God keeps His promises. Never stop believing or crying out to Him.
In the end what did God instruct them to do, to celebrate annually the Festival of Passover. Why? Because we have a tenancy to forget our pain, our deliverance, and the God we serve once we are living in the Promised Land.
The day I gave birth to my children, once it was all over I remember saying, It wasn’t that bad. Now if you would have asked me while I was in labor that would not have been my answer AT ALL.
How fast we forget the pain of a child’s birth after holding them. But every year on July 11th and August 9th my kids’ births are celebrated. We remember the gifts they are and the day of my deliverance (literally).
How easily we forget God and what He’s brought us out of. The Passover was God’s way of never letting His people forget who He is, what He’s done and the promises that He keeps.
Today I would love for you to leave a comment of remembrance for a prayer God was faithful to answer. The Bible tells us that we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony. Revelation 12:11
Let do some testifying and some remembering today!
Just click comment below or send an email to me tina@ccalachua.com and I will post it for you.
