Exodus 5:1-9 (Moments of Moses)

I found this line in my Bible study: "Our Lord knows our hearts and remembers our faith, not our failures." Through the blood of Christ, our sins and failures have been forgiven. We could never be "good enough", but thankfully we do not have to… We need to trust in Jesus!

Read Exodus 5:1-9
See Exodus 4: God would use Moses and Aaron to speak to pharaoh. They spoke; Pharaoh's heart was hardened. Pharaoh even created a heavier work burden for the Israelites as a result to keep them from listening to the truth.

"Let My people go that they may worship Me"
God would free His people, so that they were free to worship Him. He would deliver them! Also, He came to set us free--to deliver us~ so we could experience His freedom, and worship and know Him more! We can experience God and enjoy an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ!!

Galatians 5:1 says: "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

What are we enslaving ourselves to? Are we denying our flesh? Drawing ourselves toward Christ? Is something in our lives drawing us away from Him? Pharaoh wanted nothing to do with God, and he continued to heavily enslave the Israelites so that they could not hear God's truth. The pharaoh wanted them to "ignore the lies". Slavery will try to detour us from God and His truth.

Moses and Aaron stayed centered on God! They wanted what God wanted. They wanted to honor God. Moses responded to pharaoh by quoting God's words! Who else chose to respond with God's Word? Joshua in Joshua 24:2-3. Nathan in 2 Samuel 12:7-8. Isaiah in 2 Kings 20:1. Let us not forget: Jesus, our Lord, our Savior in Matthew 4 as He gained victory over Satan's tactics. He stood on God's promises, and did not give into the temptations of the devil... Others may think God's words are idle and empty, but they are not. Many in the world refuse to trust God. They refuse to fear God. We need to humble ourselves--coming to Him! Choosing to speak His truth and know Him more even when tactics of the devil and our flesh want to rise against us!

Hebrews 4:12-13 states: 12 "For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable."

Be in His Word!

Know His Word.
Memorize His Word.

Speak His Word.

Be Faithful to HIM!! (Remembering we serve the CHRIST! The Messiah! The Creator!!)

Spending time with Him!

Bringing our burdens to Him!

The big thing is coming to worship Him. We have been given freedom. How are we using our freedom that Christ has given us? Are we using our freedom to serve Him? Worship Him? How are we spending time with Him daily? How are we giving all of ourselves?