The Daily Ricky

This is the day the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24

This is the day the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice, be glad and rightly divide the Word.



TIMING IS EVERYTHING



They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21 and they said to them, "The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us." 22 Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all." – Exodus 5:20-23



The people might have replied, “Aaron and Moses, we’re not telling you what to say but you have just made everything worse by what you say is obedience to God. You have made all of us stink in Pharaoh’s opinion. You have just made things worse.” Sometimes God has to make his people discouraged or discontent before He does His greatest deliverance for them. Then we know it was God and not our own doing.



Pharaoh’s opinion, God could care less. Pharaoh had to dry and get hard like those bricks the Hebrew’s were making so that God could break Him. God was not interested in a compromise with this false god ruler of the Egyptians. God was going to take him down and making the lines of division clearer and the labor more intensive. It was the right course. The people of Israel still had too much contentment in Egypt . They needed to get as much Egypt as possible out of their blood. The people were crying out to God because of their taskmasters and the burdens placed upon them and this was before Moses arrived. Now they would cry out the louder. This would ready their stubborn hearts for a walk in the desert with God.



God had already warned Moses, “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. 20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will let you go (Exodus 3:19-20).” God had a plan and in God’s plan He said, “He will let you go.” Pharaoh was just a man.



Les we forget, Moses is in the middle and God is working on two fronts. He will harden and humble Pharaoh. He will further humble and set free the Hebrews because of the covenant He made with Abraham (Exodus 2:24). Yet God does this kind of thing in his own sweet time. We must remember that when God is ready to move we better be ready to strike out with Him. Wait on the Lord He will ready everything. His timing is perfect.



Grace and Peace and Joy to you all be multiplied,


Bill