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Welcome back to Reading Through the Bible Together. Today we begin Exodus with chapters 1–4.

Genesis ended with a coffin in Egypt. Exodus begins with a king who is afraid. Israel has grown, Pharaoh feels threatened, and fear turns into oppression. What starts as political anxiety becomes slavery, and then genocide. Exodus 1 is dark on purpose. It shows what happens when power tries to erase God’s people, and it sets the stage for the kind of salvation only God can accomplish.

In Exodus 2, the Lord quietly preserves His promise through ordinary courage and unexpected mercy. A baby is hidden, placed into the Nile, and lifted out again. The river Pharaoh tried to weaponize becomes the place of rescue. Moses grows up caught between two worlds, and when he finally acts, it goes wrong. He runs, and the would-be deliverer becomes a fugitive in the wilderness. And then comes one of the most comforting lines in the book: God hears, God remembers, God sees, and God knows. He is not absent. He is not indifferent. He is preparing deliverance even when His people can only groan.

Exodus 3–4 is where God calls Moses. A bush burns without being consumed, and the Lord speaks Moses’ name. He doesn’t just give Moses a mission, He gives Moses Himself: “I will certainly be with you.” God reveals His name, confronts Moses’ fear, answers his objections, and promises that He will bring His people out by power. The point is simple: salvation will not come from Moses’ strength, but from God’s presence and God’s Word.

So if you’re in a season where life feels like Egypt, where prayers feel like groaning, and where obedience feels bigger than you, these chapters remind you who the Lord is: the God who comes down, the God who keeps covenant, and the God who saves His people.

If you haven’t read Exodus 1–4 yet, pause and do that first, then come back and let’s walk through it together. We’ll close, as always, with a clear word of gospel hope for weak and weary sinners.

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