January 26, 2013

Exodus 2:11-3:22; Matthew 17:10-27; Psalm 22:1-18; Proverbs 5:7-14 (New Living Translation)

Exodus 2:13 The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.

14 The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”




[ Wow.  This verse struck me in how we may at time think he are helping someone out of danger when in fact we are scaring them.  Moses had not earned the trust of his people.  Nor were his actions well thought out in terms of the consequences they would have.  Help for someone else without trust or forethought is foolishness.]

Mathew 17: 25 ...But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?”

26 “They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied.

“Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!


[Wow what does this say about our own system of taxation.  Are we a conquered people.  The more we are taxed the more we are oppressed.  it amazes me how much god's word still speaks to our everyday issues even though it was written so many years ago.]

Psalm 22: 9 Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb
    and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
10 I was thrust into your arms at my birth.
    You have been my God from the moment I was born.

[Wow.  The influence Mother's have in rooting our children in safety and trust.  Building in them the ability to trust God as they have been safe and well fed in our arms from birth.  As a friend of mine has said.  I had to be Father, Mother, God to my child.  This verse spoke to me about her.]

Proverbs 5:12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
13 Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?
    Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
    and now I must face public disgrace.”

[Lord if I had only learned this in my youth.  Pursing discipline only in areas I felt education would work to my advantage rather than letting it be the cornerstone for every area of my life.  Letting passion for both the good and the bad be my guide.  For passion for the good will lead to hard work but when hard times or desire fades so does the discipline.  Discipline must come from a deeper place within us than desire and passion.  It has to come from a love for someone.  That someone is God.  For God's love for us will never fade and it will always lead us towards righteousness.]