IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Daily Bread

He Remembered His Holy Promise to Abraham

Date: Aug. 4, 2016

Passage

Psalm 105:24-45  (ESV)

24   And the LORD made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
25   He turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to deal craftily with his servants.
26   He sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27   They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in the land of Ham.
28   He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they did not rebel against his words.
29   He turned their waters into blood
    and caused their fish to die.
30   Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in the chambers of their kings.
31   He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
    and gnats throughout their country.
32   He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery lightning bolts through their land.
33   He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and shattered the trees of their country.
34   He spoke, and the locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
35   which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36   He struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their strength.
37   Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold,
    and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38   Egypt was glad when they departed,
    for dread of them had fallen upon it.
39   He spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
40   They asked, and he brought quail,
    and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
41   He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
    it flowed through the desert like a river.
42   For he remembered his holy promise,
    and Abraham, his servant.
43   So he brought his people out with joy,
    his chosen ones with singing.
44   And he gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
45   that they might keep his statutes
    and observe his laws.
  Praise the LORD!

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 105:42

  For he remembered his holy promise,
    and Abraham, his servant.

First, he sent Moses (24-38). The psalmist continues how God remembered his covenant and rescued them from Egypt. The Lord made his people too fruitful and too numerous till the Egyptians were afraid of them and hated them. Egypt was not their everlasting residence. They were pilgrims on the way to the Promised Land. God sent Moses the shadow of Jesus with 10 plagues. As God rescued through the sprinkle of the blood of the lamb, so Jesus the Lamb of God shed his blood to rescue us from the power of sin, Satan and death.

Second, he led them into the Promised Land (39-45). In the wilderness God led his people with a cloud during the hot day and with fire during the chilly night. He sent quail like Kentucky fried chicken, Manna (Jesus, the word) like Big Macs. Water gushed out from the rock (Jesus) that flowed like a river (Holy Spirit). He gave them the Promised Land remembering his covenant so that they might be the kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

Prayer: Praise the Lord who kept his covenant by sending Jesus to rescue us and make us a kingdom of priests and a holy nation

One Word: Praise the Lord

Daily Bread

Worship Him Who is Forever and Ever

Revelation 4:1-11

Key Verse: 4:11

Read More

Intro Daily