EXODUS 4:1-17 Moses gave seven reasons why he wasn’t the man for God’s task: lack of capability, lack of message, lack of authority, lack of eloquence, lack of fitness or adaptation, lack of previous success and lack of previous acceptance. Instead of receiving God’s approval, the excuses Moses gave only...

EXODUS 3:1-14 At the burning bush, Moses was intensely aware of his previous failures. “Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Ex. 3:11). Moses was aware that he had tried this...

EXODUS 6:1-13 After Moses had cast himself completely on the Lord and the Lord had assured Moses of what He would do, “Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage” (Ex. 6:9). This reaction must have...

EXODUS 2:1-15 Although Moses belonged officially to Pharaoh’s daughter, God allowed his own mother to have the privilege of giving him his early training. The exact number of years Moses was in the care of his own mother is unknown, but it was long enough for her to give him...

GENESIS 50:18-26 Joseph then said to his brothers, "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive" (Gen. 50:20). Joseph realized that even though his brothers had had evil in...

GENESIS 50:1-17 A lack of faith was demonstrated by Joseph’s brothers after the death of their father. Joseph had assured the brothers that all had been forgiven (Gen. 45:8). The brothers had seemed to accept Joseph’s statement, but after their father died, they began to wonder again if Joseph might...

PSALM 34:9-22 The secret of Joseph's life was summed up in his own words when his brothers first came to Egypt. He told them, "This do, and live; for I fear God" (Gen. 42:18). The last three words of this statement were the key to his life—"I fear God." There...

GENESIS 48:1-5,14-22 After the famine was over, Joseph lived about 66 more years. Jacob lived only about 10 or 11 more years. Little is said about either of them during these years. However, there was one highly significant thing that occurred before Jacob's death. Jacob said that his grandsons, Ephraim...

GENESIS 47:1-13, 27-31 God had promised Jacob that He would make a great nation of him in Egypt and that they would return to the land. Jacob's faith in God's promises was revealed in that he asked Joseph to bury him back in Canaan. His request must have had a...

GENESIS 46:1-7,28-34 When Jacob and his family arrived in Goshen, "Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while" (Gen. 46:29). Again Joseph demonstrated that...