Our remembrance of God’s deliverance of us keeps us humble before God, increases our love for God, and leads us to bring our worship to God. However, God also infuses our remembrances of His deliverance of us with power for life in this world. What the Passover is to Egypt, the resurrection is to us today. As we prepare to hear from God this week look back to the cross and recall the depth of God’s love and the power He holds over all of life. Take heart in whatever trial you may be facing, remembering that our God Who gave His only Son to deliver us from our sins and death, can be counted on to deliver us from any trial the world may bring our way.

God’s deliverance of Israel called them to three things: obedience to His commands, preparation for His call, and trust in His Word. As we prepare to hear from God this week, pray for clarity of His calling on your life, that you are prepared to respond to His calling, and that you will trust Him to do all He asks of you, through you.

God’s work of revealing of Himself to Israel, was also intended to cause those who were not His own to come to know He Is the One and Only God, as well. This week, we see God use ten plagues to lead the people of Egypt to acknowledge His power and authority exceeds that of Egypt’s ruler, and Egypt’s gods. As believers today, we should be living with an urgency to make Jesus known to the world, because God promises, just like Pharoah ultimately bowed to the power and authority of God, when Jesus returns, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess, He is Lord.

It is so easy to presume God has us in the wrong place at the wrong time when things are not going to our liking. Like Moses, we need to learn to trust that God uses all our situations and circumstances in life to accomplish His Kingdom plan for us. Maybe you’ve had one of those Moses moments, where you wonder what God is doing in your life. Join us Sunday to see how God is building us up for the tasks ahead in life, even when we don’t understand how.

So often in life, we are confronted with those who don’t know God, and who believe they are in control in life. This week, God’s Word reminds us to not allow ourselves to doubt God’s presence and power over all of life, even in the face of those who believe God has no control over their life. As Moses learned to stand before Pharoah, strong in God’s power, we can stand before the world, strong in the power of the Holy Spirit.