Passage
Exodus 2:11- 22 (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: 8:35
Forty More Years of Growth
Date: Sep. 3, 2015
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 2:22
First, lead others in God's strength and not by human impulse (11-14). Moses grew up in a palace, but he knew that he was a Hebrew. The suffering slaves were his own people. He could no longer turn his back on their suffering. When he realized that God had saved him for a purpose, he tried to stop the slave drivers with his own human strength. His people would not follow. He acted impulsively, revealing his need for more spiritual growth.
Second, embrace the "quiet years". When Moses fled he tried to survive. God led him to meet Jethro. He started to raise a family, and for the next forty years he took care of sheep. God was training one proud and able person to be a humble and compassionate shepherd. Moses really needed to embrace those years and grow through them. You cannot rush God. He has so many things to teach us that we can not even imagine at this time.
Prayer: Lord, I want to be impulsive and not follow the leading of your Spirit. Forgive me for being impatient. Help me to patiently wait on you and follow you...step by step.
One Word: God is teaching us patience, faith and compassion so we can be a blessing
