Week 28 - August 2 - Merv Miller

Exodus 5 and 6

I love Moses’ honesty before God in verse22; (Moses went back to God and said, "My Master, why are you treating this people so badly? And why did you ever send me? –The Message) Things were not only not working out… things were going worse. I’m sure Moses is thinking, “can I trust this God?”

In chapter 6 God promises Moses a “Strong Hand” then Moses tells God about his weaknesses.. is he trying hard to back out? Give God a hint that maybe there’s a better choice? (Been-there-done-that)

Psalm 28

Again an honest cry out to God for Justice followed by rejoicing for an answered prayer. Evidence to David and to all of us that we know and worship a God who listens to the cry of our heart.

Proverbs 28

Wow… too much meat in this chapter to begin to eat it all. I was struck right away by verse 2 as we see what is going on in Iran right now.

Acts 7

Stephen preaches a “killer” sermon. He basically gives a Cliff Notes version of the Old Testament reminding the religious leaders how often the Hebrew people killed their prophets. Man, that ticked them off. But in a very short sentence we see the beginning of a miracle… in Verse 58 Saul is subtly introduced. He has the worst resume one can imagine for one to become the most influential leader of the young Christian Church. But God, I think, loves to not call the qualified but instead qualifies the called.