So I've begun Exodus and I am currently finishing up the story of Moses and the Israelites in Egypt. Often, I've read this story and put myself in the Israelites shoes, or Moses' shoes. And it is true I can often relate to Moses a lot, especially when he went before the king of Egypt. I often doubt God, even if I know what He has promised me.
Today, however, God wanted to show me something different. As I was reading through the passage, I couldn't help but notice that the king of Egypt was a very similar person to me. He was extremely prideful and stubborn. So stubborn that he allowed his people to suffer. The first 2 plagues his magicians were able to duplicate, so I can somewhat understand why he didn't let God get to him. After that, however, the magicians were not able to duplicate the plagues and acknowledged God.
The king, however, stilled ignored God. I feel like I'm often like this. God puts things in my life to get my attention, and often they are hardships. These are put before me to show me that God is there, but I take it the wrong way. I get angry, and sometimes i even give in to the thought that there is no God. I don't want to be like the king anymore because I don't want to see what happens when I deny God for too long.
The last thing I learned tonight was how merciful God is. If someone was holding my friends as slaves, and I had the power to hurt them, I would probably hurt them so bad that they would give up my friends right away. God gave the king 7 chances, even when the king didn't keep his promise. What a patient and merciful God.
I really believe God put the Israelites into slavery just so that they would know exactly who their God was without a doubt when He rescued them from Egypt. He was preparing them for when he brought them to the land of Canaan as He had promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Hope at least 1 person gets something out of this.
Written by: Chris Choi [chris.choi.28@gmail.com]
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