When Things Go From Bad To Worse

A great example of this would be Moses. Being raised by Pharoah's daughter gave him a lot that he would never have had; had he been raised a Hebrew. In fact, being a Hebrew child might have even meant death for him.

But instead he was raised in the house of Pharoah and his life took quite a different turn of events. That is until...

He identified himself with the Hebrew people. They were his people. When suddenly he met up with God then things in his life got worse. God reminded him through the burning bush that he would deliver his people. So Moses began a relationship with the Lord and talked to him about the venture.

After Moses' 1st interaction with Pharoah, Pharoah told him, in no uncertain terms,
"I do not know the Lord and I will not let the people of Israel go". Pharoah's response was in direct correlation to the facts that 1) This was a threat to Pharoah's deity. Pharoah wanted to be the people's Lord and God. He didn't want to relinquish his power and judgement to someone else. He was not willing to submit to another as God. 2) This was a threat to Pharoah's economy. Pharoah was not willing to let his labor force go. The Hebrews were his slaves and did all his work for him. They didn't cost him anything either. So why would he want to give up his free work force.

Finally, after enduring all the plagues which the Lord put upon Pharoah; after his wizards were unable to copy the plagues and God mentions 5 times in the book of Exodus, "I AM THE LORD" does Pharoah submit. It took the mighty hand of God to move Pharoah.

Th story teaches us that we are to be encouraged through our trials and tribulations because problems develop patience and character. This is what happened to Moses even though it started out a very tough road plagued with problems of its own.

GOD Loves Us More Than Anything

We, who believe in Jesus Christ, know that God loves us. We also know
that He died on the cross to pay the price for our sins. So He forgives us
everytime that we sin. We know that He has given us freedom to
be who He created us to be and we live in anticipation knowing that He will return very soon to get us...His second coming is called "the Rapture". We will ascend with Him into Heaven and sit at the right hand of God and reign with Him forever afterwards. Right?

Aren't we so lucky to know that we have this to look forward to? That earth is just kind of a waiting room until we go home to be with the Lord. It gives the unsaved an opportunity to discover the joy of knowing Jesus and believing in God.

We can be so thankful for that. In the meantime, we should do the best we can...make God proud of the lives we live especially since we say we are living for Him. Let's not make ridicule or a mockery of the Christian name. I don't know how many people I know of that do this. They really do give Christians a bad name. They are hypocritical, self-serving, arrogant, stingy and a list of other negative traits. People relate being a Christian with some very wrong attitudes. Let's change this.

Let go and let God.