Exodus - Day 2 - Deliverance: The Lord Redeems His People (Feb-2)

Anchor / Orientation - 🙏 Exodus 1 (NKJV) - 🙏 Exodus 2 (NKJV) -🙏 Exodus 3:1–10 (NKJV)

Scripture Links:

🙏 Exodus 1 (NKJV)

🙏 Exodus 2 (NKJV)

🙏 Exodus 3:1–10 (NKJV) — (Moses before the burning bush — God calls, reveals His purpose, and declares His intent to deliver His people)

Anchor Orientation

Before this moment, Exodus 1–2 has revealed the growing tension of Israel’s story. The people multiply in Egypt, but a new Pharaoh rises who does not remember Joseph. Fear turns into oppression, and oppression deepens into cruelty, forced labor, bitter bondage, and the decree that Hebrew sons be killed. In the midst of suffering, God preserves Moses from death, raises him in Pharaoh’s house, and allows him to see the pain of his people. After defending a Hebrew man, Moses flees Egypt and spends years in Midian, hidden, unknown, and far from power, while Israel continues to cry out under the weight of affliction.

It is into this long silence, waiting, and unresolved tension that Exodus 3 unfolds. Moses is tending sheep in the wilderness when the Lord appears in the burning bush and declares that He has seen Israel’s suffering and will act in covenant faithfulness. This moment reveals who God is before we watch what God does. God is not distant from suffering. He sees, hears, remembers, and comes down to redeem.

What This Anchor Establishes

This anchor sets the theological foundation for the entire week:

• God’s Initiative — Deliverance begins because God acts, not because Israel is strong.

• Compassion & Presence — God sees the oppressed and draws near.

• Redemption With Purpose — Freedom is not merely escape; it is a calling into worship and belonging to God.

• Covenant Faithfulness — God moves in history because He keeps His promises.

Exodus is not first a story about Moses or Pharaoh. It is a story about God making Himself known as Redeemer.

Why This Matters

In 🙏 Exodus 3:1–10 (NKJV), the Lord declares:

• “I have surely seen the oppression of My people…”

• “I have come down to deliver them…”

• “I will send you to Pharaoh…”

These words reveal the heart of redemptive history: God is not passive toward human suffering; He enters history, calls a servant, and acts with purpose. Everything that follows, the plagues, the Passover, the Red Sea, and the forming of a people, flows from this moment where God reveals His compassionate authority.

How to Use This Week

As we read the passages that follow, we carry this anchor with us:

• Read with humility — God’s saving work does not depend on human adequacy.

• Read with trust — The God who saw Israel’s affliction still sees ours.

• Read with reverence — Redemption unfolds in the presence of a holy God.

• Read with hope — Deliverance is God’s initiative and God’s promise.

We do not read Exodus only as history; we read it as a witness to the character of the Redeemer who still acts today.

Looking Ahead

This anchor prepares us to see:

• Deliverance as calling, not merely escape.

• Worship as the goal of freedom.

• God’s faithfulness guides His people through judgment, rescue, and identity formation.

The story that unfolds will deepen, not replace, the themes introduced here.

A Prayer

Lord, teach us to listen when You call and to stand in reverence before Your holiness. Give us trust in Your compassion, confidence in Your faithfulness, and hope in Your redeeming work. Form our hearts to know that deliverance belongs to You, and that true freedom leads us into worship and obedience. Amen.