Not Satisfied? Find
Yourself Looking Back?
Written by
Kevin A. Hall (03/21/17)
"We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt.
And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted”.
The children of Israel got me thinking. How many times do we
look back and wished for things we left behind? Friends, Positions, Way of
life, Level of Devotion?
The Israelite nation had been under bondage for years. Maybe
you too know what it means to have been bound. Your source of bondage could by
physical or emotional. In their case, the Egyptian government made them slaves
out of fear. They cried out to their God. He answered their prayer. Their
salvation came in the form of Moses. One day, God visited Moses in the desert.
Sometimes it takes a desert experience to occur before God will show up. He
said “Moses, I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt,
and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows”
(Ex. 3:7)
You can’t tell me that God doesn’t care about His people.
Please note that God’s sovereignty dictates that He does not respond to every
injustice. Sometimes our pain is the result of our decisions. I think of King David
who (1) Saw the woman (2) Called for the woman (3) Entered into a relationship
with the woman (4) Covered it up by setting up her husband (4) Issuing a
command to kill the husband…. There was a consequence for his actions.
