God—the Father—put The Holy Spirit in the
midst of His chosen people—the Israelites—as they left in that mass exodus from
Egypt. A group infilling or indwelling. What an honor to be God’s chosen
people, but did they realize how special they were? Apparently not. They just
didn’t see the big picture—but when there were maybe as many as two million
people traveling together it may have been that there were just too many for
the ordinary person to really grasp the magnitude of what was happening. Moses
wasn’t saving them…God was. They were His people and He was rescuing them from
the Egyptians. He was bringing them back to the land that He had promised
Abraham that He would give his family. But they were a rebellious group and
didn’t appreciate all that God was doing—that He had done. As believers we are
chosen by God to be part of His family. Chosen and set apart. Are we like those
rebellious children who caused the Holy Spirit grief? Do we go our own way…have
our own plans that we rationalize are God’s plans…His will? What were the
Israelites motives…what are our motives? What drives us to do the things we do?
Prayer
~ Holy Spirit, thank you for being in our midst—and for pouring out Your very
spirit on us…that we would praise You—along with the Father and His Son, Jesus.
You are worthy of praise. I especially thank you for answering our prayers for
Julia…and may she continue to grow, heal and thrive in Your love and grace.
Ash
Wednesday – The beginning of Lent—40 days before Resurrection Sunday also known
as Easter.
How will you celebrate these days—to honor our
Lord and Savior?
© 2015 by Mickey
M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.
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