I can't believe that my conscious effort to read the Bible everyday for Lent has already been broken on day 3 no less. (I guess 3rd time isn't a charm).
Anyway, yesterday (day 3) I was able to go see my grandmother, so I was VERY excited about that and I can have a family "going away" party at her house! (Which is totally awesome!)
But back to Lent.
So, this morning I read Exodus 3 and 4 to keep me on track for tomorrow. :)
Here it is.... Moses and the Burning Bush/Moses Given Powers
(all copied and pasted from Biblegateway.com)
Exodus 3-4 (New American Standard Bible)
Exodus 3
The Burning Bush
1Now Moses was pasturing the flock of (A)Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to (B)Horeb, the (C)mountain of God.
2(D)The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a (E)bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
3So Moses said, "(F)I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up."
4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, (G)God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
5Then He said, "Do not come near here; (H)remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
6He said also, "(I)I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob " (J)Then Moses hid his face, for he was (K)afraid to look at God.
7The LORD said, "I have surely (L)seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
8"So I have come down (M)to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a (N)good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (O)the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
9"Now, behold, (P)the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
The Mission of Moses
10"Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, (Q)so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
11But Moses said to God, "(R)Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"
12And He said, "Certainly (S)I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: (T)when you have brought the people out of Egypt, (U)you shall worship God at this mountain."
13Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"
14God said to Moses, "[a](V)I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
15God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, '(W)The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you ' This is My name forever, and this is My (X)memorial-name to all generations.
16"Go and (Y)gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, '(Z)The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "(AA)I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.
17"So (AB)I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of (AC)the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land (AD)flowing with milk and honey."'
18"(AE)They will pay heed to what you say; and (AF)you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us So now, please, let us go a (AG)three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
19"But I know that the king of Egypt (AH)will not permit you to go, (AI)except under compulsion.
20"So I will stretch out (AJ)My hand and strike Egypt with all My (AK)miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and (AL)after that he will let you go.
21"I will grant this people (AM)favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
22"But every woman (AN)shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters Thus you will (AO)plunder the Egyptians."
Exodus 4
Moses Given Powers
1Then Moses said, "What if they will not believe me or (AP)listen to what I say? For they may say, '(AQ)The LORD has not appeared to you.'"
2The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "(AR)A staff."
3Then He said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and (AS)it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
4But the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail"--so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand--
5"that (AT)they may believe that (AU)the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
6The LORD furthermore said to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom." So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was (AV)leprous like snow.
7Then He said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, (AW)it was restored like the rest of his flesh.
8"If they will not believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe the witness of the last sign.
9"But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile (AX)will become blood on the dry ground."
10Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord, (AY)I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
11The LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or (AZ)who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
12"Now then go, and (BA)I, even I, will be with your mouth, and (BB)teach you what you are to say."
13But he said, "Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will."
Aaron to Be Moses' Mouthpiece
14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, (BC)he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15"You are to speak to him and (BD)put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.
16"Moreover, (BE)he shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.
17"You shall take in your hand (BF)this staff, (BG)with which you shall perform the signs."
18Then Moses departed and returned to Jethro (BH)his father-in-law and said to him, "Please, let me go, that I may return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
19Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for (BI)all the men who were seeking your life are dead."
20So Moses took his wife and his (BJ)sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt Moses also took the (BK)staff of God in his hand.
21The LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all (BL)the wonders which I have put in your power; but (BM)I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
22"Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, "(BN)Israel is My son, My firstborn.
23"So I said to you, '(BO)Let My son go that he may serve Me'; but you have refused to let him go Behold, (BP)I will kill your son, your firstborn."'"
24Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and (BQ)sought to put him to death.
25Then Zipporah took (BR)a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me."
26So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood"--because of the circumcision.
27(BS)Now the LORD said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness " So he went and met him at the (BT)mountain of God and kissed him.
28(BU)Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which He had sent him, and (BV)all the signs that He had commanded him to do.
29Then Moses and Aaron went and (BW)assembled all the elders of the sons of Israel;
30and (BX)Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses He then performed the (BY)signs in the sight of the people.
31So (BZ)the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD (CA)was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then (CB)they bowed low and worshiped.
Footnotes:
a.Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered LORD, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be
Cross references:
A.Exodus 3:1 : Ex 2:18; 4:18; 18:12; Num 10:29
B.Exodus 3:1 : Ex 3:12; 17:6; 33:6; 1 Kin 19:8
C.Exodus 3:1 : Ex 4:27; 18:5; 24:13
D.Exodus 3:2 : Gen 16:7-11; 21:17; 22:11, 15; Ex 3:4-11, 16; Judg 13:13-21; Acts 7:30
E.Exodus 3:2 : Deut 33:16; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:30
F.Exodus 3:3 : Acts 7:31
G.Exodus 3:4 : Ex 4:5
H.Exodus 3:5 : Josh 5:15; Acts 7:33
I.Exodus 3:6 : Gen 28:13; Ex 3:16; 4:5; Matt 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37
J.Exodus 3:6 : Acts 7:32
K.Exodus 3:6 : Judg 13:22; Rev 1:17
L.Exodus 3:7 : Ex 2:25; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:44; Is 63:9; Acts 7:34
M.Exodus 3:8 : Gen 15:13-16; 46:4; 50:24, 25; Ex 6:6-8; 12:51
N.Exodus 3:8 : Ex 3:17; 13:5; Num 13:27; Deut 1:25; 8:7-9; Jer 11:5; Ezek 20:6
O.Exodus 3:8 : Gen 15:19-21; Josh 24:11
P.Exodus 3:9 : Ex 2:23
Q.Exodus 3:10 : Gen 15:13, 14; Ex 12:40, 41; Mic 6:4; Acts 7:6, 7
R.Exodus 3:11 : Ex 4:10; 6:12; 1 Sam 18:18
S.Exodus 3:12 : Gen 31:3; Ex 4:12, 15; 33:14-16; Deut 31:23; Josh 1:5; Is 43:2
T.Exodus 3:12 : Ex 19:1
U.Exodus 3:12 : Ex 19:2, 3; Acts 7:7
V.Exodus 3:14 : Ex 6:3; John 8:24, 28, 58; Heb 13:8; Rev 1:8; 4:8
W.Exodus 3:15 : Ex 3:6, 13
X.Exodus 3:15 : Ps 30:4; 97:12; 102:12; 135:13; Hos 12:5
Y.Exodus 3:16 : Ex 4:29
Z.Exodus 3:16 : Gen 28:13; 48:15; Ex 3:2, 6; 4:5
AA.Exodus 3:16 : Ex 4:31; Ps 33:18
AB.Exodus 3:17 : Gen 15:13-21; 46:4; 50:24, 25
AC.Exodus 3:17 : Josh 24:11
AD.Exodus 3:17 : Ex 3:8
AE.Exodus 3:18 : Ex 4:31
AF.Exodus 3:18 : Ex 5:1
AG.Exodus 3:18 : Ex 5:3; 8:27
AH.Exodus 3:19 : Ex 5:2
AI.Exodus 3:19 : Ex 6:1
AJ.Exodus 3:20 : Ex 6:1; 7:4, 5; 9:15; 13:3, 9, 14
AK.Exodus 3:20 : Ex 7:3; 15:11; Deut 6:22; Neh 9:10; Ps 105:27; 135:9; Jer 32:20; Acts 7:36
AL.Exodus 3:20 : Ex 11:1; 12:31-33
AM.Exodus 3:21 : Ex 11:3; 12:36; 1 Kin 8:50; Ps 105:37; 106:46; Prov 16:7
AN.Exodus 3:22 : Gen 15:14; Ex 11:2; 12:35
AO.Exodus 3:22 : Ezek 39:10
AP.Exodus 4:1 : Ex 3:18; 6:30
AQ.Exodus 4:1 : Ex 3:15, 16
AR.Exodus 4:2 : Ex 4:17, 20
AS.Exodus 4:3 : Ex 7:10-12
AT.Exodus 4:5 : Ex 4:31; 19:9
AU.Exodus 4:5 : Gen 28:13; 48:15; Ex 3:6, 15
AV.Exodus 4:6 : Num 12:10; 2 Kin 5:27
AW.Exodus 4:7 : Num 12:13-15; Deut 32:39; 2 Kin 5:14; Matt 8:3; Luke 17:12-14
AX.Exodus 4:9 : Ex 7:19, 20
AY.Exodus 4:10 : Ex 3:11; 4:1; 6:12; Jer 1:6
AZ.Exodus 4:11 : Ps 94:9; 146:8; Matt 11:5; Luke 1:20, 64
BA.Exodus 4:12 : Ex 4:15, 16; Deut 18:18; Is 50:4; Jer 1:9
BB.Exodus 4:12 : Matt 10:19, 20; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:11, 12; 21:14, 15
BC.Exodus 4:14 : Ex 4:27
BD.Exodus 4:15 : Ex 4:12, 30; 7:1; Num 23:5, 12, 16; Deut 18:18; Is 51:16; 59:21; Jer 1:9
BE.Exodus 4:16 : Ex 7:1, 2
BF.Exodus 4:17 : Ex 4:2, 20; 17:9
BG.Exodus 4:17 : Ex 7:9-20; 14:16
BH.Exodus 4:18 : Ex 2:21; 3:1
BI.Exodus 4:19 : Ex 2:15, 23
BJ.Exodus 4:20 : Ex 18:3, 4; Acts 7:29
BK.Exodus 4:20 : Ex 4:17; 17:9; Num 20:8, 9, 11
BL.Exodus 4:21 : Ex 3:20; 11:9, 10
BM.Exodus 4:21 : Ex 7:3, 13; 9:12, 35; 10:1, 20, 27; 14:4, 8; Deut 2:30; Josh 11:20; 1 Sam 6:6; Is 63:17; John 12:40; Rom 9:18
BN.Exodus 4:22 : Is 63:16; 64:8; Jer 31:9; Hos 11:1; Rom 9:4
BO.Exodus 4:23 : Ex 5:1; 6:11; 7:16
BP.Exodus 4:23 : Ex 11:5; 12:29; Ps 105:36; 135:8; 136:10
BQ.Exodus 4:24 : Num 22:22
BR.Exodus 4:25 : Gen 17:14; Josh 5:2, 3
BS.Exodus 4:27 : Ex 4:14
BT.Exodus 4:27 : Ex 3:1; 18:5; 24:13
BU.Exodus 4:28 : Ex 4:15
BV.Exodus 4:28 : Ex 4:8
BW.Exodus 4:29 : Ex 3:16
BX.Exodus 4:30 : Ex 4:15, 16
BY.Exodus 4:30 : Ex 4:1-9
BZ.Exodus 4:31 : Ex 3:18; 4:8; 19:9
CA.Exodus 4:31 : Gen 50:24; Ex 3:16
CB.Exodus 4:31 : Gen 24:26; Ex 12:27; 1 Chr 29:20
God called Moses, but Moses didn't feel like he could do it...
Has there ever been a time or a calling where you were either asked by God and you didn't feel like you could do it? What about a really big favor from a friend of family member?
As of right now, God has called me to Deaf ministry...God eventually sent Moses with his brother Aaron...
Thinking about this passage, I have a question God...I know You are with me, but is there going to be a second person down here helping me?
