Question: Who is to receive glory?

Text:

6 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

² God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. ³ I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. ⁴ I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. ⁵ Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶ Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. ⁷ I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸ I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’” ⁹ Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (Exodus 6:1-9)

The Same Question: Who is to receive glory?

Who does God tell Moses will give Israel the land in verse 4? Who said He remembers the covenant in verse 5? Who will bring Israel out from under the burdens of the Egyptians in verse 6? Who will deliver the people from slavery and redeem via judgment in verse 6? Who has His people in verse 7? Who will bring the people out in verse 8?

Soli de Gloria: Over and over again, God reveals Himself to Moses in order to teach him and those he led one overarching lesson: God alone gets the glory.

It’s not about us. We’re the problem. We’re the recalcitrant ones. We’re the ones in need of redemption.

When we make ourselves the heroes in Scripture, we err grievously.

Encouragement: If you’re a Christian, dear ones, you’re to be humble. We’re not to be doing things for our glory. That’s pride, and stinks in the nostrils of God, and it repels people.

Moses was called the meekest of men. And look at how God used him. Want to be great? Be humble. Want to be used of God? Acknowledge that God is the hero of redemption; it’s not you or me. Give it all to the Lord, work hard, and trust God with the results.