Irreverent Reverence 28: Exodus 5 6 and Proverbs 11

I suppose when Moses was given the instructions from God to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt, there were probably some things going through his mind.

"Okay, so I guess I'll go up to Pharoah and tell him to let the people go, and then he'll just let them go. What I'm I thinking? There is no frickin' way it is going to be that easy. Something tells me that he's probably going to say no, and then he's probably ask me to leave. Who am I kidding, he's going to throw me out on my @$$!"

I mean, seriously, what did he think would happen? He certainly didn't think he could just walk up to Pharaoh and walk out with all the children of Israel. Of course, he probably thought that was his biggest obstacle. If he was lucky, Pharaoh would probably have him killed, and Moses could die knowing that he had done the Lord's will.

I mean, seriously, most people, when given instruction from the Lord, usually do the minimum, and hope things fall in line. I think I might have said yesterday how when God makes a promise, he will make it easy for you.

Did I say that? Well, I told you God will make a way, but I didn't say that there wouldn't be some problems. I'll bet Moses never saw that a threat would actually come from his own people. Yeah, I'm not certain he expected the "take away the straw card".

Yeah, for some reason, God tends to put us through stuff that is full of obstacles. What's worse, the obstacles seem to breed even more obstacles. Then God asks you to do the same thing again. No wonder why Moses told God the whole "I'm weak with my lips" thing.

Oh, hey, I guess I should probably tie in the Proverbs reading, because there is a lot of stuff in their about how when the righteous is in power, good prevails. Yeah, it always really sucks when stuff you read about in the Word doesn't come to fruition and the evil are still in power.

Then it's like "why did God ask me to do this"? Man, the world is as it is, just because I try to change it doesn't mean that it is going to be changed.

Yeah, it looks like the road to change is always fraught with obstacles. Then again, did we really expect anything different? If so, then you are living in the wrong life.