Trust & Obey

Scripture:  Exodus 6:1  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh:  Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

 

Observation:  From the previous chapters, things don’t appear to be going too well for Moses – in fact, they seem to be worse for the Israelites!!! – and the very people Moses has been sent to deliver have turned against him!!  Yet the Lord’s assurance is clear – HE will deliver!! – as He has promised!  Maybe not as easily as the Israelites might have envisaged (there was work to do in them & in Pharaoh), But He WILL do it!  Why? – not because they deserve it or have earned their freedom – but purely because of His mighty hand, because He is in covenant relationship with the people of Israel,  and because of His grace and mercy.  He will prove Himself to both Egypt and Israel through the ensuing events.  Moses literally has to obey, walking a step at a time in obedience to the Lord’s commands, and the Lord will take care of the rest!!  Was this easy for Moses?  Far from it – it brought enmity from friend and foe alike!!! It meant work for him as he repeatedly confronted Pharaoh in accordance with the Lord’s commands.  This was a real walk of faith – listening, obeying, and watching for the results.  The end result was deliverance……but along the way, it didn’t always appear that that would be what would happen.

 

Application:  The Lord undertakes for me in the same way as He did for Israel.  Because I am in covenant relationship with Him through Jesus, He promises to bring deliverance & freedom.  Not because of anything I have done or because I “deserve” it in any way.  HE will do it – my role is to be obedient and walk in accordance with His commands.  Even when it doesn’t look as though things are really going the way I would expect, or even seem to be getting worse, if I have been obedient to my Lord, then His mighty hand WILL bring freedom.  There may be things He needs to teach me, and hence the apparent “delay”, but I need to continue to walk the walk of faith, in trust & obedience, and allow Him to actually do it!!

 

Prayer:  Thankyou, dear Heavenly Father, for Your grace that promises to bring me complete freedom in Christ!  May I continue to walk in trust and obedience so that Your glory might be displayed in my life as a testimony to others and to the enemy.

 

In Jesus’ name

 

Amen

 

 

Sue Otto