Today's Daily Lesson comes from Exodus chapter 5 verses
19The Israelite supervisors saw that they were in trouble when they were told, ‘You shall not lessen your daily number of bricks.’ 20As they left Pharaoh, they came upon Moses and Aaron who were waiting to meet them. 21They said to them, ‘The Lord look upon you and judge! You have brought us into bad odour with Pharaoh and his officials, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.’
22 Then Moses turned again to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord, why have you mistreated this people? Why did you ever send me? 23Since I first came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has mistreated this people, and you have done nothing at all to deliver your people.’
I don't know that we can ever get anywhere than where we are without some kind of crisis of faith.
The obstacles seem so great. The opposition so strong. And the journey so long. Fear and frustration overwhelm us. We see how hard it's all going to be, and it's terrifying.
But that is exactly what Pharaoh wanted the Israelites to think. He wanted them to think exodus could not happen.
There is so much set against us right now. The opposition seems so strong and so trenchant, and the barriers so doubly reinforced. It's easy to lose faith.
But we have to move through that. We have to press on. And, we have to remember that we are not alone in all this. God is with us.
Believe that.
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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