God gave the people many
rules about what they could do and couldn’t do to prepare for Him to speak to
Moses as well as what to expect when He was speaking to Moses and what was
allowed during that time.
Why do you think He was so
specific with His instructions to them?
What would have happened
to those who chose not to obey?
What significance do you
see in the reference to “the third day”?
I have heard the phrase as
a child, “The devil made me do it!” when someone got caught doing something
they shouldn’t have done. My parents
were a little over the top, at times, at least as far as it appeared to me, but
I see in hindsight what they were doing with their protectiveness.
Have you ever realized
after the fact, what you griped about to God in the past was actually something
that God was using for your good? I know
back in July of 2020 my husband was informed he was going to be laid off in
exactly one month. The law requires them
to give a month notice to those who are over age 60. Doug had turned 60 the prior fall, so he
received notice of his job being eliminated.
Here we were in the late
summer of 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, and Doug has no job. Being that he was over 60, and the pandemic
had certainly not helped grow his field, we felt it would most likely take many
months of searching for Doug to find a company that would hire him. We prepared for a long period of time with
little to no income. But God had a
special place in mind for Doug as He knew what was ahead for us.
God used some of Doug’s
work contacts to bring us a miracle and He gave Doug a really great job where
he could work from home.
In November of 2020, Doug
found out he had bladder cancer, and his new company was amazing in the way
they treated and cared for him. Although
the law would have allowed them to terminate Doug when they found out he had a
medical situation in the first year of employment, that never was discussed,
and they treated him extremely well.
God knew what was ahead for
us when we didn’t, and He took care to bring Doug to the right job, with the
right people at the right time. I’m
pleased to let you know that Doug is now cancer free and doing well.
