When He Speaks

Obedience is a common theme in the Bible. Just about every story hinges on it. The disciples could've refused to cast their nets on the other side of the boat but would've missed their blessing, and the lesson, of a catch so heavy they couldn't even get it into the boat. ( John 21:1-14 ) Jonah chose disobedience and became lunch and endangered the lives of others. ( Jonah 1 ) Moses was the object of anger with the Israelites as they were thirsty in the wilderness and because of his obedience, they were provided water from a rock. ( Exodus 17:1-7 ) The second time this happened, Moses responded with anger instead and lost the honor of leading them into the land God had promised them. ( Numbers 20:2-13 ) Obedience is required. The list of stories go on and on but I want to pause a take a look at 1 Kings 17 today. Ahab is king and a terrible king he is. He's forsaken all the things he's supposed to be doing for God and angers Him instead. Elijah follows God's leadi...

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods  who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”  Exodus 32:1 If this were an animated thing, I'd press pause and do all the fancy footwork in reverse. You know what I mean. The awkward rewind back to a point where we should've started in the first place? So let's do that. Back story. You know the one... During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the  Lord  as you have requested. T ake your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”  Exodus 12:31-32 We all know the story of the exodus of God's people from Egypt. We all know the miracles and signs and wonders. We all know the stories of the 10 plagues and the chaos that ensued. We know how God parted the waters...