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January 25, 2018

Exodus 3:11-12

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.”

New International Version (NIV)

We can never talk about God behind his back! God is everywhere. When God set out to deliver his people from bondage in Egypt he found Moses in the desert and arrested him with a burning bush. As Moses took off his shoes, God told him he would use him to deliver Israel.

Moses objected that he was a nobody. “Who am I?” Spurgeon says, “God said, ‘Never mind who you are. Certainly I will be with you.’ Here was strength enough for him.” Here is a better question: “Who is God?” He is the God who is with us. This means when we pray, “God be with us,” or “we enter your presence,” we are stating the obvious.

Someone wrote, “I am nobody. Who are you? Are you nobody too?” Moses spent 40 years in Egypt believing he was somebody. Then he spent 40 years in the desert of Midian learning he was nobody. He would spend his last 40 years learning what God could do with a nobody who belonged to the one Somebody who mattered most, the Lord. God’s presence is always enough for us.

Pray with me:

Thank you, Father, that we will never be alone this whole day, this whole year, this whole life. Make us attentive to your abiding presence in our lives. Let us live our lives today like you are near, because you always are. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

This year we focus our Every Day with Jesus readings on Jesus’ story. With references to Tallowood's Read Through the Bible in 2018 daily reading plan, let's focus our undivided attention on Jesus and follow where he lead. He will not fail. Neither will we!
Joyfully,
Duane

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