As we turn to the book of Exodus, we come to an important event that shows us why we can always trust God's promises.

Seeing this clearly displayed in the Old Testament increases our ability to trust God today.

Welcome back to today in the word.

Moody Bible Institute's daily devotional I'm Donna Leland.

Approximately 400 years after God made a covenant with Abraham, he fulfilled that promise by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.

Exodus describes this as God remembering his covenant.

Today, in the word God announces in Exodus six five, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

Now let's be clear God doesn't remember because he forgot.

While he may take his time, he always remembers.

But from Israel's perspective, it must have felt like God had forgotten them.

Imagine waiting for 400 years to see if God would do what he promised.

This feeling would have become more pronounced as the Egyptians began to enslave the Israelites, forced to do hard labor.

They suffered greatly.

Then, as their population increased.

They faced genocidal threats.

But in his time, God decided to take action.

He had witnessed the oppression of his people at the hands of the Egyptians.

He would free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt with powerful demonstrations of his might.

The Exodus proved that God's promises can always be trusted.

This is important because God has made promises to everyone who trusts in him.

He promises that he will deliver us from bondage to sin.

It may take a lifetime, but he will do it as he promised.

As we read in the book of Philippians, he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.