40 Days with Moses 2025 Year of Exposure Day 6: The God of our fathers must become OUR God.

“Moreover He said, “I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭3:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I have heard people referencing some countries as being “post-Christian.” Sadly, although we are not completely there yet, there are many forces pushing the United States in that direction.

Now, a post-Christian country is one started on—or came to be based on—Christian values. As such, official policy and public sentiment were informed by a Christian worldview. But then, sometimes gradually, at other times seeming to explode overnight, the Christian worldview—part of which is a respect for God’s word—is usurped by “new” values, often countenanced as “enlightened.”

We know that the imposition of a tyrannical government can definitely speed up the transition from a Christian nation to a post-Christian nation. But—more often than not—even the imposition of the godless government has been preceded by a drifting away from dependence upon the Lord and respect for His word.

One of the main reasons for this tragic shifting away from God, is assuming that Godly values are inherited. That is, there is the assumption that a relationship with God in one generation, assures a relationship with God in the next. It doesn’t.

We see numerous instances in the Word of God where the Lord instructs people—who then instruct other people—to tell their children about the Lord. They are instructed to tell their children what God has done lest they forget.

“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭11:18-19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Today we find the Lord introducing Himself to Moses as “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

But think about it, there was actually a time when Jacob—who became “Israel”— knew the Lord only as the God of his fathers.

“And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭28:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

But there came a day when Jacob discovered that the God of Abraham and Isaac must become his God as well.

“Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭28:20-21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

We know that Moses, having been raised—in part—by his own mother, would have heard about the Hebrew God. But now the time has come for God to go beyond being the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, to being the God of Moses; and did He ever!

For today let us discover what Moses discovered:

The God of our fathers must become OUR God.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!