Yesterday we read about Moses encountering God in the burning bush and today we read about Moses and Aaron encountering God through obedience. Moses and Aaron demonstrate obedience to God by confronting Pharaoh for the first in at least seven times in an effort to seek the release of the Jews from slavery.
Jesus said in John 14:15 “If you love me you will obey what I command.” Obedience – sometimes this is a tough concept. We want to follow our own desires. We want God to do things our way. We want things to “make sense” in this world and in our lives. We read in Exodus that God actually hardened Pharaoh's heart as Moses and Aaron delivered their warnings about some of the plagues.
Clearly God has a bigger picture in mind. His perspective is eternal and He simply asks us, like Moses and Aaron, to be obedient. This is how Jesus said we could show our love for Him.
After the Jews release from Egypt God asked Moses, Aaron and the Jewish people to remain obedient as they made their journey to the Promised Land. In a similar manner, God asks us to be obedient as we make our journey to the “Promised Land”. He does this out of love, wanting what is best for us – for eternity. “If you love me, you will obey what I command.”
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