Good morning and Happy Friday!
This week we are continuing our reading of Exodus at Chapter 16: 2 – 15. The Israelites have left Egypt now. They are free but hungry and there is no end in sight to their journey…
Did you know that the trip out of Egypt to the Promised Land could likely have taken place in a matter of months, and yet it took forty years? Two generations! I wonder why? What was the purpose of all that time? Forty years in the wilderness! Forty years during which they learned a lot about who they were and who God is. Forty years in which their community was formed and reformed.
These are the things we will be talking about in the coming weeks.
The Israelites did not have to do anything (other than pack up their bags and start walking) to earn their freedom. As is always the case with salvation, their freedom was a free gift brought about by an act of God. But now that they are free, and in the wilderness, they come face to face with the question what now? What happens after? How are we to live? And this was not just a theoretical question; it was a very practical one indeed. They are hungry, their children are hungry and they are wondering if they should have ever left Egypt in the first place. Where and how are they going to be fed?
Now what? What happens after we are saved and set free? Looking forward to exploring this question together on Sunday
See you Sunday
Grace and Peace
Karen