The God Who Helps 施以援手的神

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[The Israelites’] cry for help because of  their slavery went up to God. Exodus 2:23

Today's Scripture Exodus 2:23-25; 3:7-10

Today's Insights God worked through Joseph to preserve His people, who at the time of their migration to Egypt four hundred years earlier had been seventy in number (Exodus 1:5). Now, as the King James Version so poetically renders it, “There arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph” (v. 8). This pharaoh enslaved the Hebrews, who were now numerous, and he began to commit infanticide against them (v. 22). But Pharaoh’s murderous net failed to get the baby Moses (2:1-10). As God had used Joseph to establish His people, He’d now use Moses to deliver them. But it would take time. Forty years would pass before Moses futilely tried to help his own people (Acts 7:23), and forty more would go by until God called him out of the desert (v. 30). Still another forty years would transpire as God corrected and instructed His disobedient people (v. 36; Deuteronomy 2:7; Joshua 5:6). As God was faithful to His people, He’ll also be near to us in our trials.

Today's Devotion While driving her nine-year-old son to camp, a mother got lost after taking a wrong turn and getting the car stuck on a rural forest road in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Her GPS and phone quit working because of the remote area, so they were unable to retrace their way back. In desperation after being stranded for more than twenty-four hours and sleeping in their car overnight, they began to walk. They left a trail of notes along the way: “HELP. Me and my son are stranded with no service and can’t call 9-1-1.” Because they didn’t arrive at the camp on time, search-and-rescue teams went out looking. They discovered the car, the notes, and then quickly found them.

The Israelites desperately cried out to God for help because they were being severely mistreated by the Egyptians, who had enslaved them (Exodus 1:11-12). Working them ruthlessly, “they made their lives bitter with harsh labor” (vv. 13-14). The Israelites must have wondered if they’d even survive the cruelty. But God heard their cries and raised up Moses to deliver them (3:4-10). Eventually God used him to rescue them and lead them out of Egypt (see Exodus 14-15).

Whether we’re feeling lost or mistreated, God is always near and His ear is open to our cries. In His time and in His way, He’ll send the help we need.

Reflect & Pray

How can you learn to share your desperate cries with God? What desperate cry might you need to pray right now?

Please help me, loving God. I’m always in need of Your mercy. I bring my heart’s burdens to You now. By Anne Cetas

[以色列人] 因受奴役而发出的求救呼声，传到了神那里。（出埃及记 2:23）

今日经文：出埃及记 2:23-25；3:7-10

今日洞见：神曾借着约瑟保全了祂的子民；当他们四百年前迁往埃及之时，人数仅有七十（出埃及记 1:5）。如今，正如《钦定本圣经》富有诗意地描述道：“有不认识约瑟的新王兴起，治理埃及”（8节）。这位法老奴役了当时已繁衍众多的希伯来人，并开始杀害他们的男婴（22节）。然而，法老那致命的罗网却未能网住婴孩摩西（2:1-10）。正如神曾借着约瑟建立祂的子民，如今祂也要借着摩西拯救他们。但这需要时间。摩西在埃及度过了四十年后，曾试图凭一己之力拯救同胞，却徒劳无功（使徒行传 7:23）；随后又在米甸牧羊四十年，神才在旷野呼召了他（30节）。此后，神又花了四十年时间管教并教导祂那悖逆的子民（36节；申命记 2:7；约书亚记 5:6）。神既信实地眷顾祂的子民以色列，也必在我们经历试炼时与我们同在。

今日灵修故事：一位母亲开车送九岁的儿子去参加夏令营，途中因转错弯而迷路，车子最终陷在加州内华达山脉的一条乡村林间小道上。由于地处偏远，GPS和手机都无法使用，他们无法原路返回。在受困超过二十四小时并于车内过夜后，绝望中的母子俩开始徒步求生。沿途，他们留下了一些字条：“救命。我和儿子被困在此，没有信号，无法拨打911求救。”由于他们未按时抵达夏令营，搜救队随即展开搜寻。搜救人员发现了那辆车和留下的字条，并很快找到了他们。以色列人因遭受埃及人的残酷虐待与奴役，绝望地向神呼求援助（出埃及记 1:11-12）。埃及人无情地奴役他们，“使他们因做苦工而觉得生活痛苦不堪”（13-14节）。以色列人当时想必曾怀疑自己能否在如此残酷的境遇下幸存。然而，神听见了他们的呼求，并兴起摩西去拯救他们（3:4-10）。最终，神借着摩西将他们救出并领离埃及（参阅出埃及记 14-15章）。无论我们感到迷茫还是遭受不公对待，神始终与我们同在，并侧耳倾听我们的呼求。祂必按着自己的时间和方式，赐下我们所需的帮助。

反思与祷告你该如何学习向神倾诉那绝望的呼求？此刻，你有什么绝望的呼求需要向神祷告？慈爱的神啊，求祢帮助我。我时刻需要祢的怜悯。现在，我将心中的重担带到祢面前。