God is With Us and For Us

Our passage this week recounts God's call for Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the land of promise. Forty years after fleeing Egypt, while working as a shepherd in Midian, Moses encounters God in a burning bush that is not consumed. When Moses turns aside to see the sight, God reveals Himself as the God of Moses' fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—recounting His faithfulness to His covenant. God also reveals that He has heard the groaning of His people in Egypt, and He has determined to save them.

The surprise in the passage comes when, instead of going to Egypt Himself, God calls Moses, the exiled shepherd, to go on His behalf. When Moses is shocked by God's commission, God assures him of His presence and calls him to faith. This passage is rich with Christ-centered imagery, reminding us of the Savior appointed to lead us out of slavery to sin and into the land of promise.