Day 27 (Exodus 13-15, Matthew 19:23-20:16)

After becoming Christians, many people expect their walk with God to be easy, and free from any type of challenges. However, this is not the case. God doesn’t promise us a life free of challenges; rather, He promises to be with us through the challenges (Isaiah 43:2, John 16:33).

In our Old Testament reading, we see the Israelites who had been slaves for 430 years and had just gained their freedom. They expected that freedom meant being free of any difficulties. However, they went from being chased by the Egyptians to having only bitter water to drink. Freedom did not match their dreams, but we see God being with them, meeting their needs, every step of the way.

In our New Testament reading, Jesus taught hard truths about God’s kingdom. He taught the importance of sacrifice and the shocking reality that although the Israelites were the first to receive God’s oracles (those employed in the first hour), the Gentiles who would believe in the sacrifice of Jesus (those employed in the last hour) would have an equal stake in the Kingdom with them.

Listen, God’s ways are not our ways. Although we encounter trials and difficulties on our journey of faith, He never leaves us. Instead, He works all things together for good, working on our hearts as we walk with Him making us more like Him.

Prayer: Father, please search my heart and prune it. Help me trust You through the difficult seasons of my life.

Today’s reading

Exodus 13-15

The Lord said to Moses, 

2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

3 Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast.

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Matthew 19:23-20:16

23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 

24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
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