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Series: From Here to There - Exodus
Dave Gustavsen
Exodus 25-31, 35-40
Good morning Chapel family. We're taking this summer to walk through the book of Exodus, which is the epic story of God rescuing his people from slavery in Egypt, and bringing them to the Promised Land. So the whole book of Exodus is this long journey from here to there. And along that journey, God was shaping them and building into them everything they needed for this new and better future. The reason Exodus is to timeless is that God does the same thing with us: he takes us from here to there-from where we are to the better future he has for us-which is a really exciting and hopeful thing, right? So following God is never stagnant-he's always moving us forward. But in order to get where we need to go, there are some key things that God needs to build into us.
So last week, we looked at Exodus 20-24, where God gives the Israelites the laws and commandments that would guide them in their new land. He starts with the Ten Commandments, but he doesn't stop there: he gives dozens of other laws and commands that govern the way they should act in just about every part of life. So it seems like all the bases are covered, and now they should be ready to enter the Promised Land.
But something is still missing. And the thing that's still missing is the presence of God.
Now, you might be thinking, ''Wait: I thought God was everywhere! How can you not have his presence?'' And you're right-God is omnipresent. There's no place in the universe where God is not. But this is talking about something more. In Exodus 33, Moses talks about the presence of God, and the word he uses for ''presence'' is the Hebrew word for ''face.'' Isn't that interesting? If you know somebody personally-if you go up to your friend-and you want to communicate with your friend, where do you look? (At your phone, of course-because you text them). No-where do you look? Do you look at their elbow? ...
Series: From Here to There - Exodus
Dave Gustavsen
Exodus 25-31, 35-40
Good morning Chapel family. We're taking this summer to walk through the book of Exodus, which is the epic story of God rescuing his people from slavery in Egypt, and bringing them to the Promised Land. So the whole book of Exodus is this long journey from here to there. And along that journey, God was shaping them and building into them everything they needed for this new and better future. The reason Exodus is to timeless is that God does the same thing with us: he takes us from here to there-from where we are to the better future he has for us-which is a really exciting and hopeful thing, right? So following God is never stagnant-he's always moving us forward. But in order to get where we need to go, there are some key things that God needs to build into us.
So last week, we looked at Exodus 20-24, where God gives the Israelites the laws and commandments that would guide them in their new land. He starts with the Ten Commandments, but he doesn't stop there: he gives dozens of other laws and commands that govern the way they should act in just about every part of life. So it seems like all the bases are covered, and now they should be ready to enter the Promised Land.
But something is still missing. And the thing that's still missing is the presence of God.
Now, you might be thinking, ''Wait: I thought God was everywhere! How can you not have his presence?'' And you're right-God is omnipresent. There's no place in the universe where God is not. But this is talking about something more. In Exodus 33, Moses talks about the presence of God, and the word he uses for ''presence'' is the Hebrew word for ''face.'' Isn't that interesting? If you know somebody personally-if you go up to your friend-and you want to communicate with your friend, where do you look? (At your phone, of course-because you text them). No-where do you look? Do you look at their elbow? ...
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