Though the Israelites’ situation in Egypt had been terrible, it was the conduit through which God revealed to them a new and vital part of his identity in their lives.
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Scripture
Exodus 6:2-6
2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
Observation
God had made himself known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as ‘El Shaddai (God Almighty)’–but not as ‘Yahweh (The Lord/The Owner/The Master)’. As he prepared to bring his people out of slavery in Egypt, he revealed a new aspect of his identity to them, as ‘The Lord’, or ‘The master worthy of obedience’. They were accustomed to being forced to serve a master in Egypt, but this was the first time that they would be learning to serve the master who was worthy of being obeyed.
Though their situation in Egypt had been terrible, it was the conduit through which God revealed to them a new and vital part of his identity in their lives.
Application
I’ve never been a slave, but I’ve walked through some difficult seasons. As hard as some of them were to navigate, in retrospect I’ve come to recognize that many of those seasons were the times when I learned the most vital and transformative lessons about who God is–not just who he is in theory…but who he is in ‘my life’.
The difficult seasons are not finished yet. There are still struggles to navigate, but I know that through each struggle God will reveal his heart more fully to me as I keep following him. This week, I pray to see God more clearly. Through the struggles, through the difficulties, through the restrictions and limitations–I want to know God more, and truly make him the ‘The Lord’ of my life.
Prayer
God, thank you for your faithfulness through every season! Thank you for proving yourself more than sufficient time and time again. Help me to see you clearly, and understand you more each day. You are the only master worthy of obedience, and I choose today to surrender my life to you.
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