This Bible story reads like a children’s fairy-tale gone horribly wrong. But placed within the biblical narrative it points to a much bigger story of hope and blessing.

God's provision of manna in the desert is a signpost to Jesus, who is the true manna from heaven. God gives us Jesus to satisfy our ultimate hunger, and reshapes our perspective on our daily bread.

The crossing of the Red Sea is a foreshadowing of our salvation in Christ, and gives us great hope for troubled times in the present.

The Passover meal retells the story of God delivering Israel from Egypt. It finds its fulfilment in the death of Jesus and we now celebrate Christ our Passover sacrifice through the Lord's Supper.

The plagues of Egypt are an intense picture of God's judgement against evil. As such, they point toward the fullness of God's judgement unleashed at the cross.

 Moses had misunderstood his role thinking he had to convince Pharaoh, and Israel. But God's plans were not dependent on Moses' abilities as a speaker. Moses' role was to be a faithful witness to the one true God.

When we are struggling, we question why. But rather than answering that question, God invites us to place our suffering within the context of his larger redemptive story.

 God shows us signs of his grace and power all the time, just not always in the ways we expect. By becoming aware of God's presence in the commonplace things of life we can learn to see the glory in the ordinary.

When God spoke his name to Moses he revealed something essential about who he is and how he relates to us.