God Knows What The Israelites are Going Through (Ex. 5:22-6:8)

3/22/2008 12:18 PM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus:  God knows what the Israelites are going through
Bible Reading & Meditation  Reference:  Exodus 5:22-6:8
 Message of the verses:  This is the third reason that God gives to Moses in order to encourage him:  God assured Moses that He felt the burdens of His people and was working on their behalf.  Chapter 6 and verse 5 reads, “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.”  Verse 24 of Chapter 2 reads as follows, “So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 
 The foreman and also the rest of the slaves who were working to make bricks for the Egyptians were not totally trusting in the Lord for their deliverance for they are the ones who went to Pharaoh instead of going to the Lord in prayer and trusting the promises that God had already given them, that is that He would deliverer them from their captivity. 
 Spiritual meaning for my life today:  “Whenever we feel the Lord has abandoned us and doesn’t really care, we need to remember His assuring works, ‘Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.’  (1 Peter 5:7)
My Steps of Faith for Today:  I trust that the Lord will lead and guide Sandy and I as to whether or not we should go on this job to Hawaii or to stay home.  I know that it seems to me that we have little choice in this matter because of our finances, but I want to do what it is that the Lord has for me to do, for His plans are perfect.
Memory verses for the week:  2 Cor. 12:9-10
9. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weaknesses.”  Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
10. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.