For God's Goodness and More

Simon Simon

What Did We Learn in Egypt?

Questions for me to ponder from the text:

1. What can I learn while I am in "Egypt?" What am I in danger of forgetting?

2. Do I have unrealistic expectations when I suppose people will see the hand and deliverance of God in things that happen?

3. How much do I need that? Is their affirmation required?

4. What does it take to send me fleeing to the mountains?

5. When I flee in fear, can God still use that recovery time until I am ready for the burning bush?

Ponderables.

Acts 7:17-29

"But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied until another king who had not known Joseph ruled over Egypt. He dealt craftily with our race and forced our ancestors to abandon their infants so that they would die. At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house; and when he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. So Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds. "When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his relatives, the Israelites. When he saw one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. He supposed that his kinsfolk would understand that God through him was rescuing them, but they did not understand. The next day he came to some of them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong each other?' But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' When he heard this, Moses fled and became a resident alien in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

Hometown prophets are without honor according to Jesus. Why such contempt for the familiar?

Why I repost Tidbits

I need reminders of what I have learned.

I cannot remember the sorrow or the circumstances, but I am reminded of the words and reaffirmed in this spirit of the plea.

There is sorrow here today. But we are all OK and the mood here seems calm amidst the anger on both sides. I find opinions are sometimes unhelpful in such times. Prayer and concern are always helpful. Peace begins with me as I follow the Prince of Peace into a turbulent world.