You have not rescued your people at all. (Exodus 4, 5 and 6)We are continuing 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 what we've been talking about 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 beautiful work of art God had made from all its seemingly disjointed pieces. Leave Genesis behind and open Exodus on Day 17: The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out to God. And today, with things apparently taking a turn for the worse, Moses accuses God: You have not rescued your people at all.
In The Clowns of God, Morris West's 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?
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 might just be a very necessary component of God's plan for our deliverance.
Is God working in your pain?
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