Friday, February 29

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.

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