Exodus 3:1-12 Now
Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and
he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the
mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared
to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though
the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will
go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to
look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off
your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then
he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he
was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the
misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of
their slave drivers, and I am concernedabout their suffering. 8 So I
have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring
them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing
with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has
reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.10 So
now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out
of Egypt.”
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should
go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “I will be with you. And this
will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have
brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.”
Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on
wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be
faint.
Thought for today: How do you KNOW that God is with you?
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