Day 14: Exodus 1-4

Summaries:
After Joseph is gone, a new Pharaoh feels threatened by the growing Israelite population and forgets about all that Joseph did for the Egyptian people, so he decides to rise up and enslave the Jews, and orders that Hebrew baby boys be thrown into the river (1). A Levite placed her child in a basket in the river, and Pharaoh's daughter finds him and asks a Hebrew woman (the boy's real mother) to nurse the child (Moses) (2). The Lord appears to Moses in the Burning Bush and calls him to lead the Israelites out of slavery. Moses asks for God's name, to which God replies "I AM who am" (3). Moses is given signs that God will perform to show his validity, and Aaron is chosen as Moses' assistant (4).

Reflections:
Well, this is the beginning of the next book. It's great to see God's constant reminder of the covenant he made with his people, regenerated from generation to generation, and re-actualized in the calling of Moses. Moses is humble in saying to God "Who am I?", a thought that many of us tend to have when we think God might be calling us to do great things, but who are we but God's people, the Body of Christ, the Church, and as such we are all called to do God's work on earth for the salvation of all his people.