Christ Church Daily Devotion June 25 2024

God has seen the suffering of the Israelites in Egypt and wants to rescue them. Moses is appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, but he doubts his abilities. God assures Moses that He will be with him and promises to reveal His name as "I am who I am." This name signifies God's sufficiency and adequacy to meet all needs. This assurance of God's adequacy is still applicable today, and we can trust Him to handle any challenges we face. Welcome to Christchurch's Daily Devotion for June 25th, 2024. Today we will be reading from Exodus chapter 3 verses 7 through 14. The Lord said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the home of the Canaanites, the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. 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. Moses said to God, Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you. And they ask me, What is his name? Then what shall I tell them? God said to Moses, I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites. I am, has sent me to you. Moses was in essence asking God, What is your name compared to Pharaoh's name? Based on this question, it seems Moses was struggling with a comparison between the power of Pharaoh and the power of God. God answered his question with a statement about his attributes and character that gave Moses and us a critical insight into just who God wants to be to his people. God's answer, I am who I am. This thought by devout Jews to be the unspeakable name of God, and while honor, respect, and fear of God's name are certainly absent in much of the world today, we believe God's unprecedented response implies much more. God was promising Moses that he was adequate, or sufficient, for each and every need. By the word adequate, we do not mean barely sufficient, but completely sufficient. God meant he was utterly sufficient in quality and quantity to meet any challenge that would arise while bringing Israel out of Egypt. Thank God this is still true today. God is still adequate to meet any need we might have in our lives. The thought is echoed in many New Testament verses that speak of God's ability. The author of Hebrews wrote, The Apostle Paul also said something similar, For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep what I have committed to him until that day. Your personal worship option today? Lord, we trust that you are adequate, sufficient, and able for anything that comes our way this day. Please take your rightful place over our lives today.