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Bible stories mean so much more when we understand the culture and political climate in which the characters lived. I pray that as Miriam’s story unfolds, you’ll be driven back to God’s Word to discover the truth behind the fiction.
This is what I do, but El Shaddai makes me who I am.
Shaddai, You know I can’t minister to Your people without Your instruction.
but treating injuries and wounds had come through years of experience—and revelations from God, who alone knew the intricacies of the human body.
“You can learn to know Him anew, but you must trust Him in the silence, daughter.”
“We can tell you how El Shaddai makes Himself known to us, but only He can teach you—as you trust Him. It’s like your garden, Miriam. We can plant the seeds, but only God can make them grow.”
“Anyone can develop a God sense similar to the way we use other senses to experience things. Though we can’t taste, touch, see, hear, or smell our invisible God, He sometimes uses those experiences to communicate His nearness.”
“And sometimes it’s simply a feeling.” Abba reached for Taliah’s hand, patting it gently. “You simply know He is. There’s no magic or sign. He just is.”
We can accuse Him or trust Him. It’s a choice each of us must make for ourselves.”
“When God is silent, He expects our patience and will reward our faith. Rest in the silence, and trust He’s near.”
“To see the true measure…of Yahweh’s power…and authority…things must get…worse.”
“Greater suffering means deeper revelation as you near God’s promise.”
“We have seen the distinction He made today, and together we’ve learned about His nature. Yahweh sometimes extends mercy to those who haven’t asked, but it is His way alone that leads to deliverance.”
“I’m never unprotected, boy. If you would put your shields down, perhaps you’d witness Yahweh’s spectacular power on your behalf.”
He was referring to more than a hailstorm, and Eleazar knew it. Without waiting for a response, Moses resumed his march. Eleazar threw down his shields and jogged to catch up. “Fine, but we’ll both be dead before we reach the winery.” “If you believed that, you wouldn’t have dropped your shields.” Moses kept his eyes on the palace, his arms and legs pumping.
“Our trust in Yahweh grows like trust in any other. The better we know Him, the more we can trust Him. But because He is a Being beyond our knowing, His ways will always be beyond our understanding. That’s where trust and faith divide.”
“We must learn now to obey or remain in Egypt.”
“What if we hadn’t encouraged Leah to join her neighbors? Would shyness or uncertainty have cost her firstborn his life?”
How gracious, Yahweh, that the death of one should save the lives of many.
“Obedience to Yahweh is seldom an easy path, but it is ultimately the only path to freedom.”
Their deliverance was at hand—but at a great price.
Yahweh wasted no experience, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
A reverent awe settled over God’s people as they walked the dry ground of His provision. Fear was gone. Yahweh reigned.
“Yahweh, Your power and might are supreme, and though we cannot guess Your plan, we will not doubt Your goodness.”
Faith was a battle, its battlefield the mind. Surely, this moment would determine victory or defeat in their struggle to trust the God they proclaimed as good.
Only after we see God’s fierce holiness through the Old Testament Law can we fully appreciate Jesus’s great love through grace in the New Testament.
