So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
3 sermons cite this verse
… desperately cling to in seasons of difficulty for sure. You see, the cries of God's people here in Exodus, they had reached his ears. Exodus 2, verses 23 through 25, just before our text of Exodus 3, the verses immediately preceding, tell us this. Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage and they cried out and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel and God acknowledged them. And you know what, what we see here, praise the Lord that he is a covenant keeping God. Praise the Lord that he is faithful to do what he has said he is going to do. If he said it, he's going to do it. That's the bottom line. He's perfectly faithful. He has no instances of unfaithfulness. …
… to save God's people. We read at the end of Exodus 2, and God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel and God knew. He knows. He sees you. He's not blind to your suffering, to your trials. He's not indifferent. And above all that, we have this promise here at the end of verse 7. Think how much a simple note from a friend means in your hour of trial. It could be a phone call, a card, an email. Today, it has never been easier. It has never been easier, Christian, to encourage people than today. You have a phone. You just send it. It takes a few seconds. It can be as short as a text that says, I'm thinking of you. I'm praying for you. I'm with you. I'm your friend. I love you. Imagine pulling up your phone and somehow, I don't know what it would look like. It wouldn't be green. …
… At this point, we are told, God heard the groaning of his people and remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. His watchful eye lighted upon Moses, who kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. There on the edge of the desert near Mount Horeb, it happened. The angel of the Lord appeared unto Moses in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. The bush burned with fire but was not consumed. Being a curious young man with an inquiring turn of mind, Moses had to have a look at this phenomenon. When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, he called to him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses! Moses! Not unconcerned, but yet unafraid, Moses replied, Here am I. At this moment, the young Hebrew with the Egyptian upbringing became the man of destiny. God spoke to him. …