Genealogy of Moses & Aaron (Ex. 6:14-27)

3/24/2008 8:30 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time  Focus:  Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
Bible Reading & Meditation  Reference:  Exodus 6:14-27
 Message of the verses:  “14 ¶  These are the heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.  15  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.  16  These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.  17  The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.  18  The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.
19  The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.  20  Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.  21  The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.  22  The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.  23  Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.  24  The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.  25  Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.  26  It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts."  27  They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.”
 It may seem like a odd place to put the genealogy of Moses and Aaron, but God has a purpose for everything that He does and because He is the Author of Scripture there is a reason for this portion being here.  I would suppose that the background of Moses and Aaron are so important because of how God was going to uses them, and therefore the genealogy is put here.  God prepared Moses and Aaron for the position He gave them, and for the job that He gave them to do, and thus it is important for the readers of the Scripture to see just where it was that they came from, for whose family they came from.
 Jeremiah 1:5 reads as follows:  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”  Dr. Wiersbe points out that , “God’s calling means God’s enabling, and what He begins He always completes.”  Eph. 2:20, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”  Philippians 1:6 reads as follows:  “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”
 Spiritual meaning for my life today:  The verse in Ephesians that is quoted above has always been very meaningful to me because I firmly believe that God has a plan for my life, and in that plan He has work for me to accomplish and those works have been planned for me to do have been prepared by God for me to accomplish for His honor and glory.  The verse in Jeremiah has also had a great deal of meaning for me for most of the same reasons as the verse in Ephesians.  God is in control of my life and for that I am glade.
My Steps of Faith for Today:  To get to know God better, to continue to learn contentment.
Memory verses for the week:  2 Cor. 12:9-10
9. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.”  Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
10. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties; for Christ’s sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.