You have not rescued your people at all (Exodus
5:23).
Today we continue our discussion from yesterday. One benefit
of reading the Bible through like we’re doing is seeing connections that span
several chapters. Let’s recap where we’ve come from over the past few days: On
Day 14 Jacob was singing “Gloom, despair and agony on me.” On Day 15 he
exclaimed: “My son Joseph is still alive!” On Day 16 Jacob looked back over his
life and saw the work of art God had made, weaving a beautiful tapestry from
seemingly random threads. On Day 17 we left Genesis behind and began our
Exodus: The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out to God (Exodus 2:23). And today, with things
apparently taking a turn for the worse, Moses accuses God: You have not
rescued your people at all!
In Morris West’s The Clowns of God – the middle book from
his papal trilogy – deposed Pope Gregory XVII, birth name Jean Marie Barette,
cries out to God in desperation: “Why do you ask me to make so many bricks with
so little straw?” [2].
Time after time, story after story, God’s people give up
before God does. Perhaps because they cannot see the endgame, they think God
has forfeited, not realizing they just don’t understand his strategy. We would
do well to remember that allowing things to get worse before they get better is
sometimes a very necessary component of God’s plan for our deliverance.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Imagine what the Israelites
felt like when they were asked to make so many bricks with so little straw? If
you feel like that today, can you hold on and give God time to work?
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