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发帖数: 57 | 2 From Bad To Worse
September 24, 2011 — by Julie Ackerman Link
Our Daily Bread Radio is hosted by Les Lamborn
Read: Exodus 5:1-14,22-23
I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptian
s . . . and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm. —Exodus 6:6
Bible in a year:
Song of Solomon 4-5; Galatians 3
It happened again. I got the urge to clean my office. Before I could resist,
I had created an even bigger mess than I started with. One pile turned into
many piles when I started sorting books, papers, and magazines. As the mess
mushroomed, I lamented that I had started. But there was no going back.
When God recruited Moses to rescue the Hebrews from slavery, their situation
went from bad to worse as well. There was no doubt that the job needed to b
e done. The people had been crying out to God to help them (Ex. 2:23). Reluc
tantly, very reluctantly, Moses agreed to appeal to Pharaoh on behalf of the
Hebrews. The encounter did not go well. Instead of releasing the people, Ph
araoh increased his unreasonable demands. Moses questioned whether he should
have started (5:22-23). Only after a lot more trouble for a lot of people d
id Pharaoh let the people leave.
Whenever we set out to do something good, even when we’re certain that God
wants us to do it, we shouldn’t be surprised when the situation gets worse
before it gets better. This doesn’t prove that we’re doing the wrong thing
; it just reminds us that we need God to accomplish everything. |
