“1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

— Genesis 12:1-3

“Then the LORD said, ‘… 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…’”

— Exodus 3:8

“5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him [Moses] there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”

— Exodus 34:5-6

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

May the Lord Jesus Christ reveal Himself to you more and more!

God is more than simply a purposeful or powerful Creator. God is good after demonstrating more of His sovereign purposes and power by calling Abraham and his descendants as the people of Israel and later delivering them from Egypt, taking them to Mount Sinai to love Him as His betrothed wife and to serve Him as His chosen people, and giving them the Good Land Canaan.

God revealed Himself in a deep way to Moses on Mount Sinai. Moses described how God passed by him and proclaimed about Himself: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin…” The Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations. And God demonstrates His goodness and love to us most clearly in giving His Son Jesus Christ to be the Savior of the world.