Lessons from Exodus
Welcome back to the Worship Companion! This weekly resource is where you’ll find sermon-related study questions, scriptures, notes, artwork, and musi that help you engage with the themes of spiritual formation, biblical studies, and theology that we explore each week at church. The goal is to help you engage with what God has revealed in Scripture and see how he continues to get our attention through various media.
Anchor Texts: (Bible passages from the sermon you’ll want to review this week)
Exodus 15:22-27 NIVUK - The waters of Marah and Elim
Philippians 2:13-15 NIVUK - Do not Grumble!
Proverbs 10:4 NIVUK - Lazy hands make for poverty
Proverbs 12:27 NIVUK - The lazy do not roast any game
Questions to Ponder:
Grumbling is not the actual problem in this passage, ________________________________ is the real problem.
Moses threw _________ into the water to make it sweet, but it also may have been a ___________. What’s the difference?
What appeared to be a practical problem, was in fact a __________ from God.
How would you define “diligent?” Read v. 26 from Exodus 15 again. What does “diligent listening” mean?
Answers: 1. “not trusting God” 2. log, tree 3. Test
The Theme in Art:
In the painting below, “Waiting for the Divine Instruction” Shiloh McCloud has beauitful captured the posture of a woman listening for the voice of God. What elements of listening does this picture highlight? How is she listening? What else can listening for divine instruction look like? What are some examples from your own life? Is it always peaceful like this?
