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Today is Monday January 18, 2010 and we are reading through the Bible in a year. Today's message comes from the reading of the Book of Exodus chapters 1-4. If you would like to read the chapters along with us here online you can Click Here to read them or copy & paste this URL onto your browser: http://www.readytofollow.com/bible-january-18

God is so wonderful that even under the most unusual and trying circumstances He reveals His presence as well as the hope of better things to come. At times though, it may seem like He is not around, especially during the trying times, but the fact is, that is when He is around the most. One of my favorite poems is Footprints in The Sand, “.........The times when you see only one set of footprints in the sand is when I was carrying you” Praise God that He is always with us, regardless of how hopeless a situation looks He is carrying us to safety. A great example of this can be found with the story of Moses, as we begin reading through the Book of Exodus let me explain a little about it's origin, the Book of Exodus is the 2nd book of the Old Testament and Bible, it was written by Moses and directed to the people of Israel in order to record their deliverance from slavery to the Egyptians, to document their forty year journey with God in the wilderness, and to document their purpose for existence as a nation. What we as Christian's are to learn from the book is that the animal blood sacrifices made for salvation were only temporal until the one and only true source of Salvation came, and that was the Lamb of God, none other than Jesus Christ.

After Joseph died, a new Pharaoh was appointed ruler over Egypt and he had no idea who Joseph was, but feared the Israelite's because of their number and power, he was determined to put an end to the Israelite's who were slaves to Egypt. “Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land........And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.” - Exodus 1:8-10,15-17. When the midwives would not give in to Pharaoh's order to kill all the male Hebrew babies, he forced them to cast the male babies into the water. “Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.” - Exodus 1:20-22. Out of all the religions in the world, including evolution, it is a known fact that Christian's are one of the most feared and hated people. Why? Because they know that we represent truth and His name is Jesus Christ. Satan will stop at nothing to get the world to put an end to Christianity, but he will never prevail because God is more powerful than he will ever be. His manipulation will only go so far, he may try to prolong things by getting people to believe his lies, but he knows his dying day will come.

The Pharaoh really thought that he had everything under his control, but the fact was that God was in control and will use any situation to His advantage. Such as the case with Moses, when he was born he was to be cast into the river, but his mother knew that he was a special child that needed to live, so she came up with a plan to save the child. “And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.” - Exodus 2:1-9. What an amazing God we have, God not only saved this child, but allowed his biological mother to get paid for nursing her own baby. When situations seem hopeless, it is more than comforting to remember that our God cares about us and knows how to deliver us from our afflictions.

It may have appeared that God had forsaken His people, but, centuries earlier, God had foretold their slavery to Abraham, saying that they would serve a strange country for four hundred years and afterward come out with a great substance (See Genesis chapters 15). Some Christian's are unwilling to worship God because they assume He has forgotten them in their trial and left them in misery. “And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” - Hebrews 6:11-15. When we are suffering hardships, we should not lose sight of the God of Abraham and Moses. When impossible situations develop, we need to put our trust in Him to fulfill His promises. Praise God!

Enjoy the rest of your day/night and week.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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