“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh and announce to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.” Exodus 8:1 NLT
One of our classes in puppy school emphasized getting our puppies to run to us and into our arms as fast as they could. The instructor took each dog to the opposite side of the room and held him until its owner shouted, “Come!” The dogs who were able to focus and who had created close bonds with their owners were the fastest in covering the distance that separated us. Famous was always “ahead of his class.”
One of the important aspects of Christian servanthood is hidden in this passage from Exodus. God instructed Moses to tell Pharaoh he had to free the Hebrew slaves whose ancestors had originally found refuge in Egypt. Then they would not be abandoned or enslaved in turn by God, but in their freedom they could worship him. Choosing to serve the Lord is indeed a type of bondage which brings freedom. It is a choice which allows us to break free from the bonds of sin and the oppression of evil and allows us to run into the arms of God.
Today I pray for insight and wisdom to make choices which keep me close to God’s will.
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