In this passage, God speaks! God speaks to the people saying, “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” For the previous 400 years the Hebrew people had been captives, knowing lesser lives than God wanted for them. They were probably worried that things would always be the same. But the God who created the sky, the earth, and the waters wanted them to be free, so God created the change they needed! The one true God would be their God “to the thousandth generation” if they would forget other images or gods they might worship instead. To be together with God as God’s worshiping people, this saving and creating God must be their only God. They must choose.

What choices do you make that involve God? What choices do you make without God? Do you have idols or things that you allow to replace God in your life?

God saves us! How will we show our thankful praise?

By David Haun from D365