I had lots of takeaways from our Bible study last night, and thought I’d take some time to share three.

We’re doing a study of Exodus, and went over chapters 5 and 6 last night.

1) The concept of God being UNCHANGING, was cemented even more in my sometimes, thick head.

What helped me understand this even more is how God moves through His people. God calls us to action; not to passivity. He doesn’t settle on our own idea of our weaknesses and our plan for our lives. Moses was given a big task: Go to the Pharaoh and tell him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'”

Over and over, Moses had protested to the LORD saying, “I am unskilled in speech.” You see, Moses doubted himself… but God equipped Moses to accomplish His plans; one way He did this, was by providing Aaron to be his voice.

The same is true today. I love the quote, “God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.” He provides a way when it seems like there isn’t a way.

2) The fact that people really haven’t changed that much since then, either. Deep down, we’re all kind of sheepish. I mean, Moses talked with the LORD. He knew him, and was still scared. How many of us have been given a calling from the Lord, but don’t act because of fear? That means we don’t really trust in the Lord.

3) The Bible is practical – both the Old and New Testaments. There are always lessons we can learn from any story in the Bible.