There is an old Jewish folk saying which affirms what the Lord does is certainly best, probably. Now there is an ambiguity there, but it’s really a profession faith. What the Lord does is best, probably. Ours is a society that thrives on certainty. The Lord calls us to live with mystery. Ours is a high-tech civilization, so we’re preoccupied with fact. The Lord calls us to live in faith. Last Sunday we began this series of sermons on the book of Exodus, and we’re going to preach through this great book in the Sundays that are ahead. In that sermon we looked at this first chapter and gave a kind of outline of it in four words – covenant, change, conflict, and commitment.

I want us to return to this first chapter again this morning, but with a more narrow focus, keeping in mind this old Je…