Changing Times - Exodus 1

November 21, 2010 AM
The Journey # 1
Dave Marttunen

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Before we plan a trip, the very first decision on which all others hang is this: “Will I go?” No move happens until we are motivated to go. What would it take to make you move? For some, the answer is opportunity; they are moving towards something. For others, it‟s a move away from something. And for others yet, it‟s a bit of both; moving towards as we move away. The story of „The Journey‟ in Exodus follows a predictable formula, better to go than to stay. Staying put for Israel was a vote to be a slave, to have less, to be content with pain, hurt, humiliation, and deprivation. For Israel it was definitely better to go than to stay. In Exodus 1, we read the account of how God prepared Israel for moving day, and in their story we discover our own story; how God frequently works to move us from where we are to the future we have always wanted.

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