God’s
Strong Identity Part 1
In the third chapter of
Exodus Moses said in the eleventh verse, “Who am I…” Moses was raised in the palace of Pharaoh and
became the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Moses was treated like a son in that palace but he became estranged from
Pharaoh when he slew an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew slave.
Moses
fled from the presence of Pharaoh to the west side of the Midian desert to a
place near to the mountain called Horeb.
There he transitioned from being a prince in Egypt to being a shepherd
of Jethro’s sheep. Somehow Moses seemed
to lose his identity and self-respect. While he was in this state of mind he asked
God, “Who am I?” In his change of
situation from being the son of Pharaoh’s daughter to being just Moses the
sheep herder, he became very insecure.
In
the midst of all this change and insecurity, Moses saw a bush flaming but not
being consumed. Moses saw an angel of YHWH
in the midst of this bush so he went to see this unusual sight. “And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to
see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And
he said, Here am I” (Exodus 3:4).
Prayer
for the Day
“Blessed Lord, who has caused all holy Scriptures
to be written for our learning; Grant that we in such wise hear them, read, mark,
learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word,
we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope for everlasting life,
which thou hast given us in our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.” The Book of Common Prayer 1892, P. 54
Song
for the Day I Belong to the King by Ida Reed Smith
Thought
for the Day
I have
a strong identity because I am a child of the King whose name is Jehovah Elohiym.
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