Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 33: 13-14
MEDITATION
Exodus 33:13-14
13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
14 And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. What Moses discovered about Prayer
a. There must be no assumptions.
b. Nothing must be taken for granted.
c. Everything ought to be clarified by God in His answer to prayer.
2. Praying about the grace that God said He had given to Moses
a. The grace of God was deeply appreciated.
b. Moses prayed that God would show him more specifically His way.
c. In this way, Moses would know that he had indeed been given grace in His sight.
3. Moses knew that God was still angry with Israel
a. He pleaded with God not to set aside Israel because of sin.
b. He begged the Lord to continue to regard Israel as His people.
c. God had said that He would not go into the Promised Land with Israel.
i. He was distancing Himself.
ii. His Presence would not be there.
iii. It would be as if Israel was not God’s people.
iv. Grace would be needed very much.
v. This was the grace Moses pleaded for.
4. God’s Answer was given
a. “My Presence will go with you”
i. Moses’ prayer was answered.
ii. Grace would be extended.
iii. The Lord would be with His people.
iv. They are His people.
b. “I will give you rest”
i. He would help them settle in the land.
ii. He would indeed give them “rest” from all their toils.
经文:出埃及记 33:13-14
沉思
《出埃及记 33:13-14》
13“我如今若在你眼前蒙恩,求你将你的道指示我,使我可以认识你,好在你眼前蒙恩。求你想到这民是你的民。”14耶和华说:“我必亲自和你同去,使你得安息。”