Exodus 5:15 Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way?
Today’s scripture has me going back to Isaiah 55:8 again, “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.” What is happening here, as God sets in motion the ultimate freedom of the Israelites, is painful and unfair and makes no sense to me.
Exodus 5:16 Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
But I am a mere mortal who can’t see the eternal picture, and God didn’t promise to make life make sense to me. He promised never to leave me, never to forsake me. So when I am confronted with huge injustices, with senseless tragedies, with painful realities, I have to fall back on Isaiah 55:8 and trust that in His sovereign, compassionate wisdom, all of this will work to my good and His glory….even if I cannot yet perceive it.
Exodus 5:17 Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Precious Savior, Thank You for the eternal reality that You will never leave me nor forsake me. NEVER. Forgive me when I yearn for explanations and sense in situations that I can never understand. Help me, always, to trust You. Help me, Jesus. Amen.
Exodus 5:18 Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”
Have a blessed day.