Sat.’s Devo - From Joseph to Moses

Read: Genesis 50:1-Exodus 2:10; Matthew 16:13-17:9; Psalm 21:1-13; Proverbs 5:1-6
Jacob died and was mourned 70 days in Egypt and 7 days in Canaan. Joseph and his brothers took his body and buried it in the patriarch’s burial land. Joseph made his family promise that when he died, they would take his bones to the same place.
Years after Joseph had died, a new king came to rule in Egypt who didn’t know the story of Joseph and his family. All he could see was that the Israelites were becoming a greater nation than the Egyptians. He was afraid that they would rise up against him and prevail so he had the Hebrews treated as slaves. They were put to forced labor and treated mercilessly. They kept multiplying so the king told the midwives to kill the Hebrew boy babies. The midwives whose names meant “protection” and “intercession” feared God and let them live. They made the excuse that the Hebrew women were strong and had their babies before they got there. God blessed the midwives with families of their own.
The king stooped to killing the babies himself. He had all the Hebrew boys under the age of two thrown into the Nile.
That was when two Levite parents had a son who they knew was special. They hid him as long as they could then made a waterproof basket, put the baby in it and had their daughter, Miriam take it to the Nile and place him in God’s hands.
God watched over that baby and had the Pharoah’s daughter find him, love him and allow his own mother to nurse him. When he was older, he was brought to the palace and given to the Pharaoh’s daughter. She named him Moses.
In Matthew, Jesus asked his disciples who other people thought he was. Then he asked them who they thought he was. Peter answered that he was the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus told him that upon that fact that he was going to build his Church and anyone who believed he was the Messiah would be given keys to his kingdom. These keys would be able to bind together or put off and destroy.
Jesus said that to follow him would cost them their lives. It would be a daily dying to self.
Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James and John to a high mountain and showed him his glory. They saw him talking to Moses and Elijah. Peter thought they were here to stay for a while and wanted to make them a Sukkot since it was the time of the Feast of Tabernacles and everyone was making booths for the celebration. But, before Peter could move, God spoke from heaven and said, “This is my Son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
The disciples fell on the ground in fear but Jesus touched them and told them to rise. They were not to tell anyone what they had seen till he had been raised from the dead.
Lord, thank you that your salvation is free to everyone who is willing to profess your lordship and lay down their lives to serve you. When we do this we can see you in your glory. May our lives reflect your glory.