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Discipleship Focus: Identity
- Identity: Our true identity comes from the Father. Only when our identity comes from God can we be obedient in ways that satisfy our person to our core.
Before we get to the story of Passover and the last plague, we
have a short chapter regarding God’s promise to the Hebrew people. God tells Moses that He will do something
that will demonstrate His power. God
will not only bring the people out of Egypt, He will bring them out of Egypt
with the wealth of the Egyptians in tow.
Now that a demonstration of God’s power!
However, I don’t think that ultimately this is a story about power
or authority. I believe this is a story
of identity. It is my belief that the Egyptians
have come in contact with an incredible power.
They have begun to realize that they cannot compete with God. They cannot match His power. Therefore, they have to either change their
identity and embrace His worship or drive the Hebrew people out of their life
so that they can continue living as they had been living: in absence of God.
I believe in the end – after the last plague is unveiled – that the
Egyptians give the Hebrew people their gold and silver to get rid of them. Rather than change their identity so that it
comes from the Father, they trade their wealth for the ability to continue to
define their own existence. It is
amazing to see the lengths people will go in order to keep the identity they
desire rather than the identity that God would desire for them.
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