Exodus 5: 15 – 23 “So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way? No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.” “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’ Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.” When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them. “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
Poor Moses and Aaron! They have delivered the message that God has given them and they have proven themselves to the Israelite elders. They have fulfilled all of God’s orders so far. Why are things going so badly? The same elders who were so happy to receive Moses’s message are having second and third thoughts. What God knows and Moses does not is that the Israelites aren’t fully convinced of the need to leave Egypt. It’s going to take a whole lot more suffering before the Israelites will really be ready to leave Egypt. Until the Israelites are truly miserable, they will not be ready to completely leave Egypt.
APPLICATION: Doing the right thing does not always get you popularity or even approval by your superiors. If you have prayed and asked God to guide you, if you are convinced that you are doing the right thing, you must be ready to continue, even in the face of adversity.
When we first went to the small northern Ghanaian village in which we have spent most of our missionary careers, things were very difficult. In those days, there were no cell phones and the road system was so bad that a trip to our regional capital took 5 hours in dry season and more in rainy season. Many people in our situation were not aware of my qualifications and there were many people in our situation ready to carry wild stories about me to regional health authorities.
The change in public opinion came when our area was convulsed by an ethnic conflict. Suddenly our small clinic was the only source of medical care for nearly 100,000 people from one tribal group. Efforts by regional authorities to send health workers into the area failed. As we expanded our services to include operations and blood transfusions, we transformed a small health center building into a 37 bed bush hospital with a small laboratory, an operating theater, and a pharmacy. Ironically, it was that upheaval that led to the establishment of what is now a district hospital.
What problems are you facing? Are you having second thoughts after having made a good start? If you believe that God has led you to your current position, HOLD ON!!! God is still in the miracle business and He can use the most difficult of circumstances to work His Will.
PRAYER: Father God, thank you for working everything out in our situations. Thank you that we can trust you even when we don’t understand what you are doing. Help us to hang on and trust you! In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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