Day 14: Girls Devo

Day 14 -Exodus 3:21-22

WORD: Favorably

Female characters 

Women of Egypt

Women of Israel 

Exodus 3:21-22

“And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Additional Reading:

Exodus 12:31-36

During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.” The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!” So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.   

Observations

If you look up favorably in the dictionary it is defined as "with approval or to the advantage of someone or something".  Not only did the Egyptians have a favorably disposition to the Israelites but also God had the advantage in that he knew what was going to happen.  God told Moses what was going to happen before it happened.  The Israel women and men were to leave the land of Egypt with the possessions but also their silver, gold and clothing. The second reading is when the Israelites leave Egypt. 

Ponder this

Do you live life like you know God know everything?  Do live like God wants the best for you?  Do you know that God loves you and put things in your life for your good. 

Just for fun

Buy a new piece of jewelry in remembrance of what God did for the women of Israel.