God Promises Moses Deliverance
of Israel
Exodus 5: 22-23, 6:1-12
5:22
Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “O
Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why
did You ever send me?
23 Ever since I came to
Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to
this people, and You have not delivered Your people
at all.”
6:1-12 - The
Promise
1 Then the LORD said to
Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to
Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go,
and under compulsion he will drive them out of his
land.”
2 God spoke further to
Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD;
3 and I appeared to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by
My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
4 I also established My
covenant with them, to give them the land of
Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.
5 Furthermore I have heard
the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the
Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have
remembered My covenant.
6 Say, therefore, to the
sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will
bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their
bondage. I will also redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 Then I will take you for
My people, and I will be your God; and you shall
know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 I will bring you to the
land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession;
I am the LORD.’”
9 So Moses spoke thus to
the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to
Moses on account of their despondency and cruel
bondage.
10 Now the LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
11 “Go, tell Pharaoh
king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of
his land.”
12 But Moses spoke before
the LORD, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel
have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh
listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?”
This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to change
the way we think, and the way we live.
Commentary
by Bob Pardue
Impatience and
Fast Results from God
Moses Wanted
Action
Remember the bricks
without straw Pharaoh
declared upon the people of Israel when Moses
approached him for the first time? Well, with the
people against him because of their extra workload
and no signs of deliverance, Moses became
discouraged and protested to God.
A Lesson in
Patience
A favorite pastor of mine put
it plainly. When we ask God for something in
sincere prayer; we can know two things
..
God is Never in a
Hurry
& God is Never
Late
Yes, some prayers are
answered quickly - some might take years to come
about. God always answers but always within his
will and within his time frame as we cannot predict
what the future holds - he can!
God's Plan
Just as God had a plan for
the Israelites, he has a plan for us too. I won't
pretend to know exactly why God did not just free
the people from bondage on the very first try. He
might have been testing Moses, the people, Pharaoh?
I don't know God's mind. But, what I do know is
that everything works within his plan and God is
always with us.
Our
Problems
We all have problems - some
small, some major. It doesn't take much patience to
wait for small problem resolution but, when a
paramount situation exists, it's more difficult for
us to wait. Just remember when these arise, God can
exercise his mighty power just as he did with
Israel when he brought the Hebrews out of bondage
from Egypt. Patience ...
Love in Christ
- Bob
If you have never made the
commitment to receive the love and life-changing
experience of Jesus Christ, please take a moment to
read
John 3:16 for more
information.
Verses from Exodus about Moses' first trip
to Pharaoh are from New American Standard Bible -
Study lessons resource: Life Application Study
Bible: New International Version
Related Bible Study Verses from
Exodus
Exodus
3:1-22 - Moses and the Burning
Bush
Exodus
4:1-17 - Moses and Signs from
God
Exodus
4:18-31 - Moses Returns to
Egypt
Exodus
4:18-31 - Moses Goes to Pharaoh - Bricks without
Straw
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