I am often amazed at God’s patience with His people.  Even after time and again He has rescued us and done great and amazing things we often don’t listen.  Moses doesn’t listen.  The Israelites don’t listen to him.  God’s promises to us are incredible and God always keeps His promises.  Let’s look at His words to Israel in Exodus 6.  

 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’” 9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. 10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.” 12 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?”

Think of all of the promises God is making in His statement.  He will rescue Israel from the Egyptians and their slavery.  He will bring them to the land He promised to Abraham all those years ago.  He will be their God forever and they will be His people.  The people of Israel know of the amazing works of God.  Despite this all they can see is the current struggle in front of them so they don’t believe or listen.  We can have the same challenge in our lives today.  Think of all of the amazing promises we have from God throughout scripture.  Sometimes, we forget these promises because of whatever is in front of our face at the time.  Our worries, hurts, fears, and circumstances cause us to forget God’s great promises to us.  Take some time today and think of all of the great promises of God.  Rest in them and know that God always keeps His promises. 

In His Grip,

Pastor Dave