Passage
Exodus 23:20-33 (ESV)
The Church in Antioch
Acts 11:19-30
Key Verse: 11:26
God Leads to a Place He Prepared
Date: Jan. 10, 2016
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 23:20
“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
First, God goes on before his people (20-26). The powerful, war-like, Canaanites were in the land. How could a nation of former slaves ever take the land? An angel went on before them. God led his people through this angel. The Hebrews didn't have to worry, although there was some responsibility on the part of the Israelites. The Lord would handle the situation if they listened to and obeyed God's words. God will guard our way. He will bring us to a prepared place. But we must listen to what God says.
Second, everything in God's way and in God's time (27-33). God promised to drive out their enemies, but not all at once. God would give victory to his people little by little. God set boundaries for the people. He went before them and brought them victory within these boundaries. They must go in by faith and obey God one step at a time. This is how God gives spiritual victories, too. He advances us little by little, challenging Satan's strongholds.
Prayer: Lord, I know that you are going on before me. Thank you for granting spiritual victory as I follow you.
One Word: Fear not, God goes on before us
