Year 4, Day 54: Exodus 5

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Discipleship Focus: King

• King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle.  When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is king.  Authority comes from Him.  Power comes through His authority.  He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.

Exodus 5 is a very humbling story.  Moses goes before Pharaoh and Pharaoh ultimately rejects his suggestion.  He goes before Pharaoh as God’s servant and gets rejected.  In fact, Pharaoh turns on Moses and makes the Hebrew people make bricks without straw.  Then the people turn on Moses and wonder why he got involved.  So what does Moses do?  He turns to God and gets upset.

Here’s the thing about this chapter.  Moses forgets who is King.  He forgets who is in charge.  He sees the results and slips back into the mode of thinking common among mankind.  He thinks Pharaoh has the final say.  He sees the results of the world, recognizes that it is the reality in which he lives, and becomes frustrated.

For the record, I’m no different.

Look at the words with which Exodus 5 ends.  “Why did you send me?”  “You have not delivered your people at all.”  Moses has forgotten who is King.  He has forgotten that God is in charge and will have the final say.

The neat thing is that God continues to work through Moses.  This mistake doesn’t stop God’s hand at work.  God forgives and continues His plan.  He can do that because He is indeed King.

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