February 23, 2023
Exodus 6:6-12
6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”  9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.  10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”  12 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?”
New International Version (NIV)
Has God spoken to you?  When Joan of Arc revealed God had spoken to her, a detractor protested, "I've never heard God speak to me."  Joan answered, "But don't you wish you had?"
Sometimes it is hard to hear God.  Discouragement from enslavement prevented the Israelites from hearing God.  Meanwhile Moses who had heard God's voice clearly, continued to complain about his inability to speak well.
What is God saying to us today?  In Kentucky some students stopped to listen and then stayed in the Presence.  Now others are hearing.  Ask God to speak to you today. When we hear what he says, let us not harden our hearts, but do what he says.
Pray with me the words of young Samuel:
"Speak Lord, your servants are listening."  After you speak to us, please speak through us. The world needs to hear your voice above all the noise.  In Jesus' name.  Amen. 
Our 2023 Every Day with Jesus readings are taken from Robert Murray M'Cheyne's Bible Reading Calendar. Copies of the reading plan are available at Tallowood Baptist Church, or download your copy here:
Please join us in reading through the scriptures again this year.  We will read the New Testament twice and the Old Testament once this year. M'Cheyne once said, “A man is who he is on his knees, and nothing more.”  Would you pray with me that God will make his word live to us this year?  Let’s not just get through the Bible.  Let it get through to us!

Joyfully, 
Duane 

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