Although God had promised deliverance for the Israelites, when Moses and Aaron approached Pharoah, he made their lives harder, not easier.

As God prepares Moses to lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt, He must teach Moses lessons in obedience.

God reveals himself to Moses as the I AM, the all sufficient, eternal One.

During the ordinary days of tending sheep, Moses has an encounter with God that changes him forever.

In the middle of the Israelite's enslavement to the Egyptians, God remembered His people and provided a deliverer.

In Exodus 1, we see Israel's greatest need, which is our greatest need. The need for a deliverer.