An escape room is just a game, until the clock is ticking and you genuinely cannot find the way out. That image opens a sermon about the Israelites, who went from being Egypt’s guests to its slaves, and about Moses, whom God saved through the hands of five women (Exodus 1-2). You will see that God can use even what was meant as a curse to bless His people, and that rash actions push us further from the exit instead of leading us to it. Listen if your life today feels like a room with no door in sight.
Discussion questions
For your small group or for personal reflection after the sermon.
- Exodus opens by listing the sons of Israel and recalling that the people were fruitful and numerous despite oppression. What does this opening say about God's faithfulness to His promise from Eden?
- The midwives, Moses' mother and sister, and Pharaoh's daughter all disobeyed Pharaoh's order. What led them to choose life, and what does their courage teach you?
- The preacher points out that the order to throw the boys into the Nile became the beginning of Israel's deliverance. How do you understand the idea that God does not want evil, yet can use even that to bless?
- Moses tried to solve the oppression on his own by killing an Egyptian, and it ended with him running away. When do you tend to act rashly, using the world's methods, when a situation seems hopeless?
- Exodus 2:15 ends with Moses sitting down by a well. What does such a well, a place of meeting God after failure, mean for you?
- Łukasz in the sermon chose a sober life over big money because he listened to God. In what difficult situation this week do you want to draw near to God and ask Him for a way out instead of acting on your own?
