READING:
One-year plan: Exodus 15-18
Two-year plan: Nehemiah 1:1-3:19, Acts 13:1-12
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Today’s one of those days when a Bible text just blesses me. The Old Testament reading yesterday spoke of God’s leading His people across the Red Sea, His defeating and drowning the Egyptians in the process. After that victory, Moses and the Israelites then sang a song of God’s majestic power. With His right hand, He “shattered the enemy” (Exo 15:6). With the “blast” from His nostrils the waters of the sea “heaped up” (Exo 15:8). The Egyptians said they would overtake Israel, but, as Moses sang of God, “You blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters” (Exo 15:10).
Thus, the song continued with these questions: “Lord, who is like you among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?” (Exo 15:11). The answer, of course, is simple. No one is like the Lord. No one even comes close. He alone will “reign forever and ever!” (Exo 15:18).
Amen.
PERSONAL REFLECTION: How much have you meditated on just how great God is?
DAILY PRAYER: “God, who is like You? No one!”
TOMORROW’S READINGS:
One-year plan: Exodus 19-22
Two-year plan: Nehemiah 3:20-5:19, Acts 13:13-27
MEMORIZATION VERSE (JAN 16-31):
“A person’s steps are established by the Lord, and he takes pleasure in his way.” (Psa 37:23)
*first published in 2018