Christ Church Daily Devotion June 26 2024

In this Daily Devotion, the passage from Exodus 6:1-8 is discussed. It emphasizes that the only true God is the one who sees, hears, knows, and comes to deliver. The Exodus event was crucial for the Israelites' faith in the only true God. We are reminded to place our trust in the living God who is faithful in the covenant with us. The passage concludes with a question about our faithfulness in our covenant with God. Welcome to Christchurch's Daily Devotion for June 26, 2024. Today, we will be reading from Exodus chapter 6, verses 1 through 8. Then the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. Because of my mighty hand, he will let them go. Because of my mighty hand, he will drive them out of his country. God also said to Moses, I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty. But by my name, the Lord, I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving. And I have remembered my covenant. Therefore, say to the Israelites, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them. And I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord. Exodus 6, 1-8 continues to tell us the story of who the only true God is. This passage reflects some of the words from our devotional yesterday from Exodus 3. Exodus 3, 7 tells us, God sees their afflictions, hears their cries under the Egyptian taskmasters, knows their sufferings, and comes down to deliver them. Exodus 6, 5 adds, I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are holding as slaves. And I have remembered my covenant. The only true God sees, hears, knows, and comes to deliver. Any other God would not be able to see, hear, know, or deliver. The difference in the only true God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses than any other God is that God is the living God who creates and initiates and keeps the covenant with humanity and is ever present to redeem and bless. For the Hebrew people, God's deliverance of them from the bondage of their slavery in Egypt was as vital to their abiding and conventional faith in the only true God as the resurrection of Christ is for us. The Exodus event proved to both the Israelites and the Egyptians who the only true God is. And when we put our trust in any other gods, they and we will be defeated. Your personal worship option day. We can place our complete trust in our living God who sees, hears, knows, and comes to deliver. Jesus said the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Matthew 22, 37-38. God is faithful in the covenant with us. Are we faithful in our covenant unto God? Are we faithful in our covenant unto God?