DCLM Daily Manna 15 January 2022
TOPIC: God Fulfils His Promises
TEXT: Exodus 6:1-13
KEY VERSE: “Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments” (Exodus 6:6).
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Often times, our predicaments seem insurmountable. With every passing day, the suffering becomes difficult to bear. We might even get to the point when we begin to assume that the Lord has forgotten us; that we are alone, desolate and inconsolable. But God will never forget to overlook the challenges of His children. Moses and Aaron had gone to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, with the message from God to free the Israelites from bondage.
Instead of heeding their demand, he ordered the doubling of their hard labour. Moses was discouraged, but God was only just beginning the process by which He would deliver the Israelites. He reassured Moses of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and introduced Himself by the new name of Jehovah. He informed him that He was concerned with the plight of the Israelites, and said He would bring them out of slavery in Egypt as He had promised.
When Moses spoke to the Israelites, they refused to listen to him because of their “anguish of spirit, and… cruel bondage”. Moses too was reluctant to go back to Pharaoh with God’s message. But God insisted that he should return to the Israelites and Pharaoh with His message of freedom. Irrespective of the severity of your condition, God is aware of it. It may appear as if the forces against you are too powerful to dislodge or your condition seems too hopeless. Yet God will not leave or forsake His children. He remembers His covenant with them. And just when they think all hope is lost, He arrives in His mighty power to roll away all their problems.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Cheer up, God will not leave or forsake you.
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