The Lord told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharoah. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. Infact he will force them to leave his land.” The Lord revealed Himself as El Shaddai (God Almighty) and he had made a covenant with the people of Isreal while in captivity that He would give them the land of Canaan.
And while they may have stayed on captivity longer than they should of their own volition and their groaning got worse (problems became bigger) His promises would still come to pass. But first they needed to understand (have a revelation) who their God was (how mighty).
For small problems, we receive small answers. The greater the problem the greater the opportunity for God to come through in a great way.
What is our response to great problems? Who do we turn to? Do we understand /perceive/ expect / wait on God with patient expectation to come through when the problems seem great? Or do we grow discouraged on account of being in captivity for too long and fail to listen even when God reminds us of who He is.
Do we truly have a revelation of who El Shaddai really is? To perceive/know/understand in spite of where you are in life will trigger your faith in the truth that NOTHING is impossible with Him.
In Exodus 6, at the height of their oppression, the children of Isreal were discouraged by their state. They had been at a place of bondage and slavery for too long that even when Moses, as instructed by God, spoke to them of God’s promise to free them from oppression saying He would claim them as His own people and be their God, they listened/believed him not.
They were so discouraged they lost sight of how mighty God was. Do you often find yourself in this place where the situation in your life has left you so torn and discouraged that when God reminds you of His promises you do not listen?
Sometimes a clear message from God can be followed with a season of no apparent change. Hold fast to His promises and wait and when you have waited wait some more.
He is not a son of man that He should lie. He is El Shaddai – God Almighty!
Even an exasperated Moses objected to the Lord’s instruction to tell Pharaoh to let his people go. “My own people won’t listen to me. how can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I am a clumsy speaker,” he said.
Is it possible that Moses momentarily lost sight of who God was? Is it possible he made it about himself blaming hiself for the lack of ability to persuade his people? Do we sometimes do this out of frustration…
Moses knew his God and he chose to obey Him despite the result or apparent lack of result. It couldn’t have been easy for him. In what ways have we disobeyed God on account of lack of results?
I can’t imagine how alone he must have felt. It takes faith to stay the course when everything seems contrary to the word God has given you. That place of faith can be a lonely place, but it’s worth every minute of it.
Stay the course no matter what. Wait on God. If He said it, He will do it. He holds the times and the seasons in His hands.
Article First Appeared Here. The writer is a journalist, and manager, communications and events, dfcu Bank
