DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
APRIL 6, 2026
READ: Exodus 32 (Focus vs. 15-24)
MEMORY VERSE
“I threw [the gold] into the fire, and out came this calf.” Exodus 32:24
BACKGROUND
“It’s not my fault!” So says Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back when his ship is attacked and there seems to be no escape, only because a repair hadn’t been made. When he says it, you wonder if he bears at least some responsibility for his predicament but doesn’t want to admit it.
I’ve been there. Sometimes it’s easier to find someone (or something) else to blame rather than accept responsibility myself. Scripture shows us that this tendency is as old as sin. Adam and Eve both did it (Genesis 3:11-13), and so did Aaron.
When Moses was with God on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments, God told him that the people He’d just released from slavery had turned away to worship an idol (Exodus 32:7-8).
When Moses returned and confronted Aaron (whom he’d left in charge), Aaron responded, “You know how prone these people are to evil” (v. 22). Then he rationalized about the idol he himself cast, saying, “They gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!” (v. 24).
Despite our willfulness, God offers us forgiveness when we admit to Him we’ve done wrong. He assures us that He’s “faithful and just and will forgive us” (1 John 1:9).
Forgiven and received by Him, we can be open about our brokenness to the God who took our blame on Himself on the cross, all because of His perfect, sacrificial love.
INSIGHT
Moses went to God to “make atonement for [the people’s] sin” (Exodus 32:30) and to ask Him to “please forgive their sin” (v. 32). But God asserted His right to discipline the guilty and struck the people with a plague (vv. 33-35).
Three thousand instigators of this great sin were also put to death (32:21, 28). God spared Aaron, however, because Moses interceded for him (Deuteronomy 9:20).
Because Jesus gave Himself as “the atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 2:2) and is interceding for us (Romans 8:26), God “will forgive us our sins” when we “confess” them and repent (1 John 1:9).
K.T. Sim
APPLICATION
How have you experienced God’s forgiveness? How might you share what He’s done for you today?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s Post)
Despite our willfulness, God offers us forgiveness when we admit to Him we’ve done wrong… Because Jesus gave Himself as “the atoning sacrifice for our sins” and is interceding for us, God “will forgive us our sins” when we “confess” them and repent.”
PR’s TAKE
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12*
PRAYER
“Dear Jesus, thank You for taking my sin, blame, and shame away. Please help me to live for You always!”
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG
“PAID IN FULL BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB”
When justice called for a payment for sin
No one worthy could be found among men
But the precious Son of God
With the cross and thorn of crowns
Paid the debt by the blood of the Lamb
Paid in full by the blood of the Lamb
Free from sin; Free to live
Now I am
And it reads on the page
Where my sins are written down
Paid in full by the blood of the Lamb
Oh how great was the debt that I owed
Bound to pay thru the seeds I have sown
But in Jesus my Lord
What great treasure I have found
I’m redeemed by the blood of the Lamb
