Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 3: 13
MEDITATION
Exodus 3:13
13 Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Doubts are not easy to get rid of
a. Doubts tend to cluster together.
b. Doubts do not go away easily.
c. Even if an answer is given to one doubt, another doubt would come up all too quickly.
2. Willingness to obey
a. Moses considered what could happen if he were to go to Egypt.
i. He could imagine speaking to the children of Israel.
ii. He could say that God had sent him to lead them out of Egypt.
b. He also considered one major problem that he could face.
i. He knew that the children of Israel would question him.
ii. What if they were to ask “What is His (God’s) name?”
c. The name of God.
i. This represents who God is.
ii. Knowledge of God’s name is not having a vague knowledge of the Lord.
d. Moses did not have the answer.
i. He did not know God very well.
ii.In fact, he had just gotten to know God in this personal manner just a while ago!
e. Moses was doubtful that a man who does not have a deep knowledge of God would be a good and effective leader. This was a great doubt that caused Moses to feel a tremendous lack of conviction that he could be sent by God for this task!
经文：出埃及记 3:13
沉思
《出埃及记 3:13》
13摩西对神说：“我到以色列人那里，对他们说：‘你们祖宗的神打发我到你们这里来。’他们若问我说：‘他叫什么名字？’我要对他们说什么呢？”