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

Today, I am reading and commenting on Exodus 1-3.

    It is worth noting that the Pharaoh’s edicts to kill all of the newborn male babies would not have led to a long term reduction in the population of Israelites in Egypt. However, it would have weakened them as a military threat. It seems likely that the Pharaoh was aware of this and chose this strategy as a way to maintain the Israelites as a servant/slave population. However, this passage also shows us that such edicts do not work unless cooperation from the population which you are attempting to control. It is a shame that there are so many practitioners of modern medicine who do not have the morals of the two Hebrew midwives.

    Moses was like a lot of us. When God first called him from the burning bush, Moses’ response was “Here I am.” But when God laid out the mission He had for him, Moses immediately began to push back, “Who am I to speak with Pharaoh?” Moses asked this despite the fact that he was clearly the most qualified of the Hebrews to do so, having grown up in the royal household. However, God does not point that out to Moses, instead He tells him that He will be with him. Like most of us, Moses had more excuses as to why he should not be the one to go. His next excuse was that he did not know what to tell people God was called. These two questions are actually questions we should ask about the mission to which we perceive God calling us. The first question, “Why am I the person to do this?” The answer might be as simple as, “Because somebody has to and nobody else is.” And remember, God’s answer is always, “I will be with you.” The second question is, “How am I supposed to describe God to the people to whom I am called to minister?” God’s answer is that they know who He is, even if they don’t want to admit it. God will give us the message which will reveal to our audience who it is that we serve.