Bible Poetry Reading Plan: Proverbs 19
Exodus 3:7-8 (ESV); Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in
Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come
down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good
and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey...
God’s plan of redemption, which seemed to go into hibernation-mode, is reactivated when Moses
encounters God in the burning bush. God has not forgotten His covenant to Abraham!
God finds another unlikely hero in Moses. Miraculously saved by an Egyptian princess, Moses has
grown up in the palace of Egypt, a far cry from the living conditions of his enslaved brothers. But when
he kills an Egyptian who he found beating an Israelite slave, Moses finds himself in a lonely position,
estranged from relatives of both blood and of upbringing. And so God’s words to Moses were powerful
when He said in verse 6, “I am the God of your Father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob.” With these words, Moses was branded with the identity of one of God’s chosen.
And if revealing Moses’ identity was not enough, God further heaped Him with blessing by revealing
His own identity. Over the course of their conversation, God reveals His name to Moses – something
He has never done before! “I AM WHO I AM” He says – Yahweh.
Though the Redeemer was yet to be born, the effects of Jesus’ work on the cross were already
evident in the lives of the faithful men and women of Scripture. Not only was He redeeming His people
as a nation, but He was redeeming the lives of individuals in the process.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. In what ways do you feel privileged to be used by God? What opportunities or promises has He
given you that bring you great joy and honour? Thank Him for these things!
2. God is in the habit of redeeming people – of buying us out of our slavery to sin. God wants to
speak to us about who we are, just as he spoke to Moses. Ask God to speak to you about who
you are and how He feels about you. (For more on the subject, study the “Identity in Christ”
doctrinal paper on www.mysouthland.com.)
3. Meditate on God’s name “I AM WHO I AM.”
