PRIME - Day 1

GET READY.

For the next few weeks, as we here at FUSE prepare for our annual trip to Camp, we are going to be looking at the book of Exodus.  Trust me, you will want to check back here every day as we study this amazing book of salvation, redemption, and grace.  So open up your Bible, and lets get started!

Read Exodus 1 and 2

The book of Exodus begins with an explanation of why the people of Israel are in Egypt.  We know that there was a famine in the land of Israel, and the first Israelites (the sons of Jacob) went to Egypt to find food.  We find out that they actually stayed in Egypt, and they began to build their lives there.  Pretty soon, they began to blend in with the Egyptian culture.  The Hebrew people multiplied and became powerful in the land of Egypt, forcing the Pharaoh to make them his slaves to keep them under his control.  

This is exactly what happens when we experiment with sin.  

Most of the time, we never set out to become slaves to anything.  It is never our goal to be oppressed and controlled by something harmful to us, but it always happens.  We start hanging out with a group of people just seeking to fit in, and before we realize what's happening, we are going down the wrong road.  We begin a relationship in order to feel less lonely, but soon we're compromising our morals to keep the relationship intact.  We never mean to become slaves to sin, but if we're not careful, we will let our guard down and it will control our lives.  

But God has a plan for Salvation.

We see the birth of Moses in chapter 2.  We will soon find out that Moses' strange birth and upbringing were no accident.  God had a plan to rescue the people from slavery.  God has always had a plan to rescue his people, and if we trust in him, his rescue will come at just the right time.  Moses comes on the scene, but we learn that he's got some issues of his own...

God will always prepare you before he uses you.

God had a plan for Moses' life all along, but it took some time for Moses to be ready.  He went into the mountains to live for many years before he was ready to fulfill God's plan.  Many times, we think God has abandoned or forgotten us, and we wonder why we have to go through the tough times in our lives.  These tough times are God's way of preparing us for the bright future he has in store.  As we will find out, Moses' future was definitely bright. 

There is much to learn from these first two chapters of Exodus.  We need to focus on the fact that sin will always lock you in chains, but God wants to rescue you.  He has great plans for your life, even though things don't always happen according to our schedule.  We need to continue trusting, because God is always working.

-Taylor