God = Frustration (Moses)

Okay...sorry to do this...I have been reading through Exodus and the story of Moses and have come across a TON of things to write about in the first 5 chapters...but this one slapped me in the face.

For those that don't know, Moses was this murderer who dealt with anger issues, self esteem issues, hardheadedness, and many other problems...but he was the one that God chose to represent Him in front of pharaoh. (Don't ya love how God never chooses the people that have it all together?? Awesome to a loser like me!!)

Well...Moses gets his orders (which is a super cool story too) and packs up his house to go and visit pharaoh as God told Him.

THEN God says to him on the way to Egypt: The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. -Exodus 4:21

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!! I thought that when you follow God everything was supposed to be great and easy??

Unfortunately...the Bible doesn't say that anywhere...and Moses is finding that out first hand!!

First off...He has to travel back into a land where he is wanted for murder!! You ever walked into a room where someone was that didn't like you?? Okay...multiply that feeling by infinity!!

Secondly...God gives Moses all these AWESOME miracles to perform and to show Pharaoh and the people of Egypt what an AWESOME God he serves...But God is going to harden Pharaohs heart on purpose so that he won't believe and the miracles will have no effect?? I'm sure Moses was rolling his eyes and thinking "Greeeeeeaaaat..."

Sometimes I look around and I wonder why others cannot see the transformation I have seen. I wonder why others do not see the joy, purpose, and new life and how awesome it is to know Jesus!! It's so obvious to me...yet to them...it has no effect. Many times I have wondered how people can be so ugly and mean when I have repaid them with nothing but kindness...

No where in the Bible does God promise us an easy road...no where. As a matter of fact, Jesus said we WOULD be persecuted...not "might" or "possibly" or even "some of you"...He said that we all would be persecuted...

Imagine how Moses felt as he performed miracles and Pharaoh just laughed and refused to believe...

Here's the hard part for a lot of us: Moses knew that he was there to do God's will and that's all!! If three people followed him out of Egypt or if 30,000 people followed him. All Moses could do was tell them about God and what God was doing through him.

For many of us...we've wasted so much of our time trying to convince Pharaoh to believe in God when there's a crowd of people eagerly waiting right outside the doors...

All we can do is tell people about God and what He is doing through us...and move on. The ones that receive the message will follow...the others we must trust to God and His will.

** Thank you guys for reading!! I appreciate the opportunity to share the things I learn as I read through my Bible. I am available most every day if you ever want to email me or have questions. **

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