BIBLE READING PLAN
WEEK 3 – EXITING OUR INSECURITIES
DAY 1
In our readings this week, we’re focusing on the key idea from Exodus chapters 3 & 4:
“Overcoming insecurity starts by being secure in who you are in Jesus.” Today, we revisit the chapter 3 from the sermon this weekend.
Reading: Exodus 3:7-12
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 concerned about their suffering. 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. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 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.”
Reflection:
Moses had to learn that security comes from knowing God was with him. Overcoming insecurity starts by being secure that Jesus is with you.
- What struck you from the sermon yesterday? Talk to God about that.
Reading: Exodus 3
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 concerned about 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.”
13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’
“This is my name forever,
the name you shall call me
from generation to generation.
16 “Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
18 “The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. 20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.
21 “And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. 22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Reflection
We now discover the plan of how God will rescue his people. A man named Moses will lead the Israelites out of Egypt. However, Moses isn’t so sure that’s a great plan. He tells God, “Who am I…to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” God responds by telling Moses two key truths. FIrstly, God promises to be with him. Secondly, God tells him his name – “I am who I am.” This is the first time God reveals his name. His name means he is self-existing, all-powerful and there is no one who is greater than Him. So Moses can face the mighty Pharoah, because Someone much mightier is with him. The Mightiest One of All. Now that’s Someone to find our security in as we face the challenges of life.
- What struck you from the sermon yesterday?
- Is there an area of your life that you feel insecure about?
- What would it mean to find your security in God in that situation?
Reading: Exodus 3:7-12
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 concerned about their suffering. 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. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 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.”
Reflection:
Have you ever been told to do something, but you really didn’t know how to do it? Like when your teacher asks you to solve a math problem, but you haven’t learned how to do the problem yet? Or if your parents tell you to fix something that you accidentally broke, but you have no clue where to even begin trying to fix it? Well in our reading today, God tells Moses to go and do something WAY bigger than solving a math problem or fixing a broken lamp. God tells Moses to go and free His people, the Israelites, from Egypt and slavery. Do you think that Moses just instantly knew what to do, and how to save an entire group of people from slavery? Of course not! Moses may not have known what to do, but God did. So God tells Moses ‘I will be with you’. God is telling Moses that even if Moses has no idea what to do, that God will be with him, helping him and showing him what to do along the way. God is telling Moses to trust him, even when he isn’t sure what to do next.
- Have you ever been in a situation where you were asked to do something that you had no idea how to do? What did you do?
- Are there any places in your life that you aren’t always sure of what to do? How can you ask God to help you in those places?
And God said, “I will be with you.” Exodus 3:12a
Devotional:
We now discover the plan of how God will rescue his people. A man named Moses will lead the Israelites out of Egypt, but Moses isn’t so sure of this plan! God responds to Moses’ insecurities by promising to be with him and by revealing his name: “I am who I am.” His name means he is self-existing, all-powerful and there is no one who is greater than Him. So Moses can face the mighty Pharoah, because Someone much mightier is with him.
- What struck you from the sermon yesterday?
- Is there an area of your life that you feel insecure about?
- What would it mean to find your security in God in that situation?
Reading: Exodus 3:7-12
And God said, “I will be with you.” Exodus 3:12a
Devotional:
We now discover the plan of how God will rescue his people. A man named Moses will lead the Israelites out of Egypt, but Moses isn’t so sure of this plan! God responds to Moses’ insecurities by promising to be with him and by revealing his name: “I am who I am.”
His name means he is self-existing, all-powerful and there is no one who is greater than Him. So Moses can face the mighty Pharoah, because Someone much mightier is with him.
- What struck you from the sermon yesterday?
- Is there an area of your life that you feel insecure about?
- What would it mean to find your security in God in that situation?
