Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.” (Exodus 10:1-2 NIV)
Are you dealing with a Pharaoh right now? That person or problem that just doesn’t seem to go away no matter how much you pray about it? Sometimes God doesn’t remove the person or thing that is the cause of a lot of our troubles not because He can’t, but because He is still not finished revealing Himself to us. We can take comfort in knowing that just like in the Exodus story, God will eventually remove Pharaoh, but not without putting up a good fight.
It’s easy for God to get rid of the problem. After all, He is God. But what difference would it make if the problem is removed but we don’t learn anything from it? There was a lesson that God was trying to teach His people – and us today – that wouldn’t have been possible without turning up the heat. Would we trust Him more if we didn’t see His hand deliver us during the difficult moments? We only tend to appreciate the light when we’ve been in the dark for a long time. No, He is not an insensitive God who delights in our sorrow, but a caring God who knows that we will never truly know Him unless there’s a stubborn Pharaoh in our lives that will drive us on our knees before God in humility and trust. So if there is a Pharaoh in your life right now, take heart. Your exodus is coming and God will get the glory for setting you free.
Rising with the Son 