Tuesday, Ordinary 21/Proper 16-- Aug 26
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Tuesday, Ordinary 21, Proper 16 skipped forward to a fully grown Moses, a prince of Egypt out on a walk. He saw a man—one of his own Hebrew people—being abused and beaten by an Egyptian. He stepped up to fight on their behalf and ended up killing the soldier and burying his body in the sand.
The next day, while walking again, he encountered the same guy he saved fighting with another. He asked why they were hurting each other. They turned on Moses and accused him of interfering, asking who made him their prince to rule over them. Furthermore, they asked if he was going to kill them like he had the Egyptian the day before.
This made him afraid and he rightly deduced that if the word was out, Pharaoh would learn of it and he would be in trouble. Moses fled Egypt before Pharaoh could kill him and ended up across the Sinai Peninsula in the Arabian Peninsula. He encountered the daughters of a Midian priest at the local well.
The New Testament lesson in Romans addressed the sovereignty of God—which had been a pervasive theme through the story of Joseph and his rise in Egypt to a young Moses who will be a new leader for the subsequent generations of the Hebrews.
Paul noted that no one can understand all the aspects of the mind of God. Believers could study as much as they could, but the mind of God was not always clear. After all, Joseph spent so many years with his life in the pits (literally and figuratively)…only to be catapulted to become Governor of Egypt. My mom had an expression, “Who’d have thunk it?” when things didn’t make sense.
The mind of God wasn’t and isn’t always easy to understand, because sometimes believers and uon-believers don’t ‘get it.’ But the past taught that the work of God worked things together for the good of people.
The Psalmist concurred.
8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
David would look at the heavens and it would bring the awe out in him. How could the creator who set in motion the stars in the heavens be interested in human beings? Believers can see glimpses of the mind of God, but we don’t see clearly yet.
Moses may not have understood the working of God in his own life—how he was saved in the bulrushes, how he was raised in privilege of the palace and yet also with a clear sense of his Hebrew heritage, but Paul connected the dots to see the whole picture. The mind of God is not always known…but God works on our behalf, always.
And we can take that to the faith bank. We can trust that God wants the best for us. Even when we go through difficult times, we can count on God working the difficulties for our good.
“God made all things. And everything continues through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.”
The work of God is not finished. As our world evolves, God continues to be at work on our behalf.
Thanks be to God.
All Scriptures printed below are in King James Version for copyright purposes. However, clicking on the verse locations will take you to Biblegateway.com where the text is linked to more contemporary versions.
Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a part of me. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Amen
Ordinary 21, Proper 16
Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+8;Exodus+2:11-16;Romans+11:33-36&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;CEV (multiple versions)
Tuesday, Ordinary 21, Proper 16
Psalm 8
Exodus 2:11-16
Romans 11:33-36
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Psalm 124:8
King James Version (KJV)
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Exodus 2:11-16
King James Version (KJV)
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
OBSERVE:
Take a moment and write three observations of the verses. What strikes you? An observation is an observable fact from the Word.
1.
2.
3.
INTERPRETATION:
What do you interpret these verses to mean for you today?
APPLY:
Today, I learned _____________________________________and apply it to my life.
Prayer of Encouragement
Almighty God, we praise your name for the many ways you show your love for us. Help us to keep the faith even when there are setbacks and we don’t know what to do or what is down the road. We trust in you. In Jesus name, Amen
Conclusion
Tuesday, Ordinary 21, Proper 16 the mind of God remained inscrutable, but the effect of God at work has been clear over time. Joseph’s success after so many years of disaster in Egypt was designated by Joseph as God at work in his life. Shifting to Moses’ life, a Hebrew growing up under a different Pharaoh—one who wasn’t pro-Israel as in Joseph’s days, the question might arise, ‘how could God be at work when there has been 400 years of oppression?’
Moses must have been uncertain—a prince of Egypt by training, but yet a Hebrew by birth—identifying with neither completely. People of multi-heritages have expressed difficulty with identifying with the different sides effectively and instead of generating confidence; it would be a source of insecurity.
He reacted rashly and killed a man, but the ones he defended turned on him, too. His only recourse was to run and hide. It took him to Midian, where he met the daughters of a priest and would find his wife—a great support for him in the coming years. Also, he would be in the environment of a deeply spiritual family. This could empower his trust in God—especially when he might not have felt the confidence of understanding the mind of God.
All the events of Moses’ life would come together to prepare for one of the greatest leaders in all of history. Like David he would develop a close relationship with God, no doubt empowered by the guidance of his soon to be father-in-law.
What we can glean from all of this is that God is at work in our individual lives—even though the Psalmist wondered why God would bother with such small stuff in the humongous universe. Although we cannot always be certain of the mind of God, we know that if we trust as Joseph did, as Moses was learning to trust and as Paul did, and the mind of God will be revealed.
“O Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth!
It brings you praise everywhere in heaven.”
Go out and be ready for God to do mighty things in your life—for the glory of God.*
Thank you for visiting ChapLynne’s Daily Encouragement and Bible Study. God bless you.
*If you do not know the Lord as your personal Savior and you are seeking, please contact me. A genuine and simple prayer, asking God into your heart for the forgiveness of your sins will also do.
Tuesday, Ordinary 21, Proper 16 skipped forward to a fully grown Moses, a prince of Egypt out on a walk. He saw a man—one of his own Hebrew people—being abused and beaten by an Egyptian. He stepped up to fight on their behalf and ended up killing the soldier and burying his body in the sand.
The next day, while walking again, he encountered the same guy he saved fighting with another. He asked why they were hurting each other. They turned on Moses and accused him of interfering, asking who made him their prince to rule over them. Furthermore, they asked if he was going to kill them like he had the Egyptian the day before.
This made him afraid and he rightly deduced that if the word was out, Pharaoh would learn of it and he would be in trouble. Moses fled Egypt before Pharaoh could kill him and ended up across the Sinai Peninsula in the Arabian Peninsula. He encountered the daughters of a Midian priest at the local well.
The New Testament lesson in Romans addressed the sovereignty of God—which had been a pervasive theme through the story of Joseph and his rise in Egypt to a young Moses who will be a new leader for the subsequent generations of the Hebrews.
Paul noted that no one can understand all the aspects of the mind of God. Believers could study as much as they could, but the mind of God was not always clear. After all, Joseph spent so many years with his life in the pits (literally and figuratively)…only to be catapulted to become Governor of Egypt. My mom had an expression, “Who’d have thunk it?” when things didn’t make sense.
The mind of God wasn’t and isn’t always easy to understand, because sometimes believers and uon-believers don’t ‘get it.’ But the past taught that the work of God worked things together for the good of people.
The Psalmist concurred.
8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
David would look at the heavens and it would bring the awe out in him. How could the creator who set in motion the stars in the heavens be interested in human beings? Believers can see glimpses of the mind of God, but we don’t see clearly yet.
Moses may not have understood the working of God in his own life—how he was saved in the bulrushes, how he was raised in privilege of the palace and yet also with a clear sense of his Hebrew heritage, but Paul connected the dots to see the whole picture. The mind of God is not always known…but God works on our behalf, always.
And we can take that to the faith bank. We can trust that God wants the best for us. Even when we go through difficult times, we can count on God working the difficulties for our good.
“God made all things. And everything continues through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.”
The work of God is not finished. As our world evolves, God continues to be at work on our behalf.
Thanks be to God.
All Scriptures printed below are in King James Version for copyright purposes. However, clicking on the verse locations will take you to Biblegateway.com where the text is linked to more contemporary versions.
Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a part of me. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Amen
Ordinary 21, Proper 16
Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+8;Exodus+2:11-16;Romans+11:33-36&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;CEV (multiple versions)
Tuesday, Ordinary 21, Proper 16
Psalm 8
Exodus 2:11-16
Romans 11:33-36
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Psalm 124:8
King James Version (KJV)
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Exodus 2:11-16
King James Version (KJV)
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
OBSERVE:
Take a moment and write three observations of the verses. What strikes you? An observation is an observable fact from the Word.
1.
2.
3.
INTERPRETATION:
What do you interpret these verses to mean for you today?
APPLY:
Today, I learned _____________________________________and apply it to my life.
Prayer of Encouragement
Almighty God, we praise your name for the many ways you show your love for us. Help us to keep the faith even when there are setbacks and we don’t know what to do or what is down the road. We trust in you. In Jesus name, Amen
Conclusion
Tuesday, Ordinary 21, Proper 16 the mind of God remained inscrutable, but the effect of God at work has been clear over time. Joseph’s success after so many years of disaster in Egypt was designated by Joseph as God at work in his life. Shifting to Moses’ life, a Hebrew growing up under a different Pharaoh—one who wasn’t pro-Israel as in Joseph’s days, the question might arise, ‘how could God be at work when there has been 400 years of oppression?’
Moses must have been uncertain—a prince of Egypt by training, but yet a Hebrew by birth—identifying with neither completely. People of multi-heritages have expressed difficulty with identifying with the different sides effectively and instead of generating confidence; it would be a source of insecurity.
He reacted rashly and killed a man, but the ones he defended turned on him, too. His only recourse was to run and hide. It took him to Midian, where he met the daughters of a priest and would find his wife—a great support for him in the coming years. Also, he would be in the environment of a deeply spiritual family. This could empower his trust in God—especially when he might not have felt the confidence of understanding the mind of God.
All the events of Moses’ life would come together to prepare for one of the greatest leaders in all of history. Like David he would develop a close relationship with God, no doubt empowered by the guidance of his soon to be father-in-law.
What we can glean from all of this is that God is at work in our individual lives—even though the Psalmist wondered why God would bother with such small stuff in the humongous universe. Although we cannot always be certain of the mind of God, we know that if we trust as Joseph did, as Moses was learning to trust and as Paul did, and the mind of God will be revealed.
“O Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth!
It brings you praise everywhere in heaven.”
Go out and be ready for God to do mighty things in your life—for the glory of God.*
Thank you for visiting ChapLynne’s Daily Encouragement and Bible Study. God bless you.
*If you do not know the Lord as your personal Savior and you are seeking, please contact me. A genuine and simple prayer, asking God into your heart for the forgiveness of your sins will also do.
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