Devotion:
Read Exodus 2:11-15b.
Moses was spared from death as a baby by being laid in a basket and put into the river where the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh rescued him. Moses spent four decades in Pharaoh’s palace, enjoying Egypt’s finest things. He was educated by top scholars, had expensive royal clothes, and ate delicacies enjoyed by the very elite. One day Moses, age 40, went out to where his own people were and watched them laboring. We don’t know what made him go out of the palace to watch the Hebrew slaves being abused. He snapped and killed an Egyptian overseer, creating a situation in which he had no choice but to flee to Midian.
Based on the anger that flared inside of him and prompted the killing, he’d already chosen the side of the Hebrews, people being wronged and killed. However there is always a plan for redemption. This is hope for each of us today.
Personal Worship Option:
Offer this simple prayer: God, thank you for not giving up on us, no matter our faults. Amen.
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