01.22.2015 Old Testament: Exo 1.17–21

To read the Bible in a year, read Exodus 1–3 on January 22, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

Those who say we should not fear God, have not read the Bible, because repeatedly in the Bible, the Holy Spirit points out that we should fear Him, and the Spirit shows the blessings that come with fearing God, such as when the Hebrew mid-wives would not kill the baby boys of the Israelites,

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?” And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.” Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them (Exodus 1.17–21). 

What do you think after reading that part of the story? Should we fear God? Let us all learn to fear God, for then He will bless us, even as He blessed those women.