Day 26..."Our Voyage Moves to Exodus and Parables"

The reading of Exodus transitions easier having just completed Genesis. Pharoah is threatened by the growing Israel population. He orders male children killed at birth and institutes slavery. The midwives refuse sighting the Hebrew women are "vigorous" and give birth before they can act! If you ask me...Pharoah is out of his league trying to command these midwives! Would you agree? A child is safely placed in the river as a baby and named Moses meaning..."I drew him out of the water." Quickly Moses grows in the Egyptian culture but will forever have a Hebrew social conscience. He kills a man he sees mistreating a Hebrew and then lives the the life of a fugitive. We will read more tomorrow. The Psalmist says... "O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells." Moses will be forever looking for his homeland in life. He will have the awesome life of being in God's holy presence. When we are in God's glory, we are home wherever we abide. Jesus tells why He teaches in parables. Some people do not respond to the obvious. Can we make any connections today? In this voyage of reading through the Bible, I hope all of us will be as the seed that fell on the good soil. In reading, hearing, and understanding, we will grow and be productive. Keep up the reading! There is more good soil ahead!