Jan 11, 2026

“I WILL BE YOUR GOD”

Passage: Exodus 5:22-6:30

Key verse: 6:7

NIV

chapter 5

22. Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?

23. Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."

chapter 6

1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."

2. God also said to Moses, "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 fully known to them.

4. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.

5. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

6. "Therefore, say to the Israelites: ’I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

7. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

8. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’"

9. Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.

10. Then the LORD said to Moses,

11. "Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."

12. But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?"

13. Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

14. These were the heads of their families: The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

15. The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

16. These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

17. The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.

18. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

19. The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

20. Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

21. The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

22. The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.

23. Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

24. The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

25. Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

26. It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."

27. They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt - this same Moses and Aaron.

28. Now when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,

29. he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you."

30. But Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"

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Why are there so many roadblocks and hardships in our pilgrimage to the kingdom of God as it was the case for the Israelites going to the Promised Land? The book of Exodus gives us a glimpse of the answer.
God reminded Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites of his covenant with their fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—that He would bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey (3:16-17). But God also repeatedly told them that they would possess the land, not for their ease and comfort, but to worship Him there (3:12; 4:23; 5:3). Their physical destiny was Canaan, but their journey was about learning that God was their God, and they were His people (6:8). They would worship Him, not because they had ease, comforts, and prosperity in the Promised Land, but because they had come to know who God was and why he was worthy of their worship.
Most of us living in North America enjoy material prosperity just being born there. It appears we are already in the land flowing with milk and honey. But if we do not worship God, and if material prosperity is the only thing we have regard for, then even this blessed land will reek with the stench of spoiled milk and the sickening sweetness of honey.

Prayer: Lord, may we have spiritual values. Amen.

One Word: Worship God in this blessed land

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