Exodus 3:20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.
The Israelites have been in Egypt for 400 years. Can they even fathom what freedom might be like at this point. They have all been in slavery for generations. I wonder if, as a people, they had given up the hope of being free?
Exodus 3:21 “And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.
The drudgery of a situation you cannot see a solution to and cannot fathom a way out of is beyond difficult. You have to find a way to function just to keep moving forward. But how do you balance the hope of deliverance with the need to function daily in a given situation?
Exodus 3:22a Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters.
Precious Savior, Forgive us when we become so accustomed to a situation that seems hopeless that we–consciously or not–give up hope that You are still working behind the scenes, that You are still making a way in the wilderness, even if we cannot yet perceive it. Help us to hold on to hope. Always. Amen
Exodus 3:22b And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Have a blessed day.