Tagged: Daily Reflections

“This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words of His.” –Exodus 24:8 Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments and the Law. When he related to the people “all the words and ordinances of the Lord, they all answered with one voice, ‘We will do everything that the Lord has told us’ ” (Ex 24:3). After having written down the Law, Moses reconvened the people the next day. He built an altar and sacrificed holocausts (Ex 24:4-5). Half of the blood from the sacrificed animals...

“The evil one approaches him to steal away what was sown in his mind.” –Matthew 13:19 How much of God’s Word have you heard over the years at home, in church and school, through reading and teaching? How much of God’s Word do you know and live? The difference in the answer to these two questions shows us how much of the Word the evil one has robbed from us. Many of us have been exposed to God’s Word for years but have little to show for it. The devil has literally robbed us blind. We don’t even report it...

“Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned to Him and said [in Hebrew], ‘Rabbouni!’ (meaning ‘Teacher’).” –John 20:16 Mary Magdalene called the risen Christ “Teacher.” This is only the beginning of our intimate, personal relationship with Jesus, for we can call Him “Brother” (see Mt 12:50; Rm 8:29; Heb 2:11). We have the awesome privilege to be in God’s family. We need perspective to appreciate our family privilege. A little less than two millennia before Christ, God chose the Jewish nation as His people (see Dt 7:7). Jews alone were the chosen people of God. All the rest of the...

“Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land.” –Exodus 14:21 After the Israelites had crossed the sea and the Lord had bogged the Egyptians’ chariot wheels in the midst of the sea, Moses again “stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea flowed back to its normal depth” (Ex 14:27). This drowned the Egyptian army. When Moses stretched out his hand, he did miracles. However, when Jesus extended His hands (Mt 12:49), He did even...

“Why did you bring us out of Egypt?” –Exodus 14:11 Patrick Henry said: “Give me liberty or give me death.” The Israelites said: “Give me life. Who cares about liberty?” They said: “Far better for us to be the slaves of the Egyptians than to die in the desert” (Ex 14:12). Most of us can relate better to the Israelites than to Patrick Henry. We want “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” However, life and happiness can be higher priorities than liberty. In fact, pleasure is often a higher priority than liberty. We may know we are trapped in...