August 7 – Exodus 5:1-14
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Heavenly
Father, there are so many lessons in these verses. Obedience doesn’t always mean things are
going to be easy, or even better than they are now. We have a tendency to believe if we do as we
should, everything will be wonderful, but that isn’t always the case. We can eat right, exercise and still have high
blood pressure, or get cancer. I can be
obedient to You, as Moses and Aaron were, and things can get worse. I don’t always understand why things happen
the way they do, but I have to trust in You, that You are using my pain to
teach me, or someone else to trust You, or to see You differently. Sometimes I know I won’t ever see the “why” things
happen, but please help me trust You through the days that don’t make
sense. Help me realize those days might
even stretch into years, but that You are faithful to stand by me, and
sometimes even carry me through those times.
Help me relax in Your arms and allow You to carry me when I can’t seem
to stand. I know I can’t rely on my own
strength Lord. Help me realize that
daily. My strength is never enough. I need to lean into You. I need to allow You to carry me. When I rely on my strength, I’m going to
fail. Thank you for always carrying me,
loving me, comforting me, and drying my tears.
In
Jesus’ name.
Amen!
Moses
and Aaron obeyed God’s command to approach Pharaoh only for Pharaoh to
retaliate causing the Israelites to suffer even more afflictions. Their fear of Pharaoh not responding in a
positive way had proven to be right. How
do you think this left Moses and Aaron feeling?
Do you
think they felt responsible for the Israelites’ pain?
They
had followed God’s exact commands and yet Pharaoh imposed more suffering on
them. Do you think they wondered where
God was?
Have
you prayed for something or someone and felt as if God has not heard you?
Think of
it this way: you see something online that
you want to order. Sometimes the order
is shipped immediately. Other times your
shipment is promised in a week, two weeks, or maybe even a month. Sometimes you’re told your item is no longer
available and you will not be receiving it.
God
always answers our prayers. Sometimes
the answer is immediate, other times we are called to wait and yet other times,
the answer is no.
It’s
not until we are on the other side of the situation that we always understand
why the answer is no. Quite possibly, we
may not understand the answer until we get to Heaven.
Remember,
regardless of the timing, God is in the situation and in every detail. Continue to pray with faithfulness and trust
that God hears you. We may not
understand the answer but be assured God wants only the best for you.
Exodus 5:1-14
Afterward Moses and Aaron
went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let
my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” 2 But
Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I
should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The God of the
Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the
wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our
God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” 4 But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses
and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to
your burdens.” 5 And
Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many,[a] and
you make them rest from their burdens!” 6 The
same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and
their foremen, 7 “You
shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them
go and gather straw for themselves. 8 But
the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you
shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go
and offer sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Let
heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to
lying words.”
10 So
the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the
people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go
and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not
be reduced in the least.’” 12 So
the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble
for straw. 13 The taskmasters
were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there
was straw.” 14 And the
foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over
them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of
making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”
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