Category Archives: Exodus

The Mediator

There was a rift. The covenant had been broken. God had said, “Obey My voice, keep My commandments and you will be My treasured possession” (Exodus 19:5). The people had responded, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do” … Continue reading

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Aaron Shall Bear

This morning’s interaction with God’s word was one of those that provides a taste of something precious . . . but you know there’s a lot more to the meal. It’s one of those encounters that you know you should … Continue reading

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A Test

I read an article recently about how powerful the god of mammon is. Money, possessions, wealth and the apparent power and influence it brings . . . hard to win the game . . . hard to come out on … Continue reading

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A Place of Blessing

It’s kind of easy to miss. What, with all the fire and smoke . . . the mountain trembling, the unseen trumpet blowing . . . and the thunder! . . . whoa, the thunder is enough to shake you … Continue reading

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Grumble Less, Sing More!

Talk about your victory parade. About 650,000 men, along with women and children, shed their shackles of slavery . . . load up with the plunder of Egypt . . . gather together their flocks and herds . . . … Continue reading

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Stir It Up!

From my experience, there seems to be somewhat of an ebb and flow to the Christian life. Times of being “on fire” and times not so much. Periods where, spiritually, you feel like you’re firing on all 8 cylinders, and … Continue reading

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Favor Found

It is the classic conversation. God to man . . . man to God. It has the feel of an encounter similar to that of Jacob when he wrestled with the Lord, when he refused to let go without a … Continue reading

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The Forty Day Fade

There’s part of me that just doesn’t get it . . . and part of me, unfortunately, that does. I read something in Exodus this morning that kind of blew me away. One of those things that, although I know … Continue reading

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Knowing the Lord of the Glory

So . . . here’s the question that’s kind of going through my mind this morning as I continue to track the Israelites as they leave Egypt . . . “Did they not see the pillar of cloud?” You know, … Continue reading

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The Blood

So I’m trying to imagine what it was like that day. Six hundred thousand households all packing up . . . hundreds of thousands of blemish-free, bleating sheep going silent as their throats are slit and their blood is pored … Continue reading

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