Do you ever stop and take the time to tell God your plans? We do that sometimes and expect God to comply with our demands. The Lord reminds his servant of his unchanging purpose for Israel. God’s timing only sometimes coincides with our expectations, and his idea of the hardships we need to go through only sometimes coincides with our idea of how much we can take. God’s Purpose For Israel Exodus 6:1-6  1. They Are Helpless Without God These verses emphasize that Israel was helpless to overcome the power that enslaved them. Only God could free them (vv. 5–6). Because of God’s love for his people and his covenant with their forefathers, he would certainly set them free (vv. 6–8; Dt 7:7–8). There were three first-person verbs with his promise of redemption (v.6): I will bring you out I will free you I will redeem you Each of these verbs (and the four that follow) are in the Hebrew past (i.e., perfect) tense instead of the future tense, for so sure was God of their accomplishment that they were viewed as having been completed No matter what we are going through God is always there for us just like he made a promise to Moses that he would bring the Israelites out of slavery from the Egyptians he too will bring us out of our sin.  The sooner we realize we are nothing without the love of God in our lives, the better off our lives will be. Exodus 6:7  2. God Takes Ownership Of His People Israel’s release from Egypt by God’s power represented the transfer of the ownership of Israel to God himself. The people of Israel belonged to God because he created them, chose them (4:22) and then redeemed them—bought them back—out of slavery. Two more first-person verbs detailed God’s promise to adopt Israel as his own people (v.7): I will take you as my own people, I will be your God These two promises will serve as two parts of the tripartite formula to be repeated in the Old and New Testaments almost fifty times.  Are you glad that God choose you? We do not deserve the love of God in our lives, but he gave it to us anyway. Our best is filthy rags to him, yet we are His delight. Exodus 6:8-9  3. The Goal Is Redemption Israel’s redemption (i.e., rescue, liberation) from Egypt was a sign of how Jesus would provide redemption—spiritual salvation and freedom—for the sinful human race through his death on the cross.  All those who accept Christ’s sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin and trust him to lead their lives are set free from the power of Satan, sin and the world. They now belong to God and can trust his love and promises. Even here in the Old Testament God is setting up a blueprint for how he is going to save you later on in history. God’s goal is for us to be Redeemed. God wants to take those bad aspects in us and make them better. God loves you but does not want you to stay the same. Many of us think that just because we are not going to Hell, we are set. No, God wants your complete redemption. What are our transformational moments? Are you ready to acknowledge you are nothing without God? Are you ready to accept God has love for you?  Are you ready to be redeemed?