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WHO ARE YOU TRAVELLING WITH?

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Vol. XXIV · Issue 5 ✦   Devotional Edition   ✦ May 2026
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DEVOTIONAL · EXODUS SERIES
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SCRIPTURE TEXT
Exodus 4:18–26

Who Are You
Travelling With?

✦   Key Verse
"And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand."
— Exodus 4:20

Life is a journey fraught with many twists and turns. Disasters and dangers lurk along the way, just like success and victory. The experiences encountered in life are often contributed partly by the outcome of the company we keep as we go on this journey. Regrettably, many people go through life either alone or in the wrong company. How different they are from Moses!

God had commanded Moses to return to Egypt on probably the greatest mission any man had undertaken up till then. He was to convince Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to set free the Israelites and allow them to leave his nation. On his part, Moses who had settled into a regular life of a family man, was now being taken from his comfort zone and sent on an arduous duty. With the backing of his father-in-law, Jethro, he gathered his wife and sons, and embarked on the journey.

"Israel is my son… let my son go, that he may serve me."

God warned him that it was not going to be an easy task convincing Pharaoh to free the Israelites. He was, however, to remain consistent with his message: "Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son… let my son go, that he may serve me." As he pondered over this heavy assignment on his way back to Egypt, he encountered another serious challenge: God threatened to kill his son who he had not circumcised. Until his wife, reluctantly and with much complaint, obeyed and circumcised their son, the journey was almost aborted.

You need something to stabilise your heart and reassure you as you go through life. You need the presence and power of God with you. With Him on your side, you will not fear what man can do to you. Allow His word to guide you, believe His promises that cannot fail, obey every command of His and look unto Jesus constantly; you will neither fail nor fall.

Challenge
Endeavour to walk with God. It makes surmounting life's obstacles easy.
Prayer
Almighty Father, enable me to obey You outrightly, in Jesus Name. Amen.
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