Today, I am reading and commenting on  Exodus 13-15.

Today’s passage begins with Moses telling the Israelites to commemorate the day they came out of Egypt by celebrating Passover and by sacrificing the first born males of their animals, redeeming their first born sons, as a sign that God brought them out of Egypt with His mighty hand.  Yet just a few days later, when they saw the Egyptian army pursuing them, they were sure that they were going to die at the hands of the Egyptians.  Then, after God rescued them by parting the Red Sea for them, but having it close upon and drown the Egyptian army, they grumbled about the lack of drinkable water.  They had even sung

“The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”

How often do we do likewise?  We witness God’s power, but fear the next crisis which comes along. We sing God’s praise for rescuing us, then act as if the next crisis is too big for Him to handle.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.