Loving Jesus Style

Scripture: Exodus 29:45-46 (ESV) 45  I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46  And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. Devotion: One of the most amazing truths of the Bible is that God wants to dwell with his people. He is not a distant deity who watches us from afar, but a personal God who desires an intimate relationship with us. He created us for his glory and pleasure and invites us to share in his life and love. In the book of Exodus, we see how God rescued the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt and brought them to Mount Sinai, where he gave them his law and his covenant. He also instructed them to build a tabernacle, a portable sanctuary, where he would manifest his presence among them. The tabernacle was a visible sign of God's grace and faithfulness, foreshadowing God's ultimate dwelling place with his people: Jesus Christ. ...

  Scripture: Exodus 2:23-25 (ESV) 23  During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25  God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. Devotion:                 This scripture passage is the beginning of the story of the Hebrew slave's liberation from their Egyptian masters. They had been in bondage in Egypt for about 400 years. Their suffering finally reached a fever pitch as they lamented their servitude. God heard their cries for help and responded to them. God, unlike us mere mortals, remembers all His promises. God remembered the promises He had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob because He had promised them a homeland where they would be free forever. ...