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A Morning Devotion

From God

Exodus 8:20-32

Bargaining With God

 

Dear Famiy of God:

 Laying awake at night and the desires are too much or there are no more desires, or life seems to be just another worthless day of monotony. And then you realize that God is still on His Throne...and you begin to think...God I Will begin back to church. Or God I will return to Sunday School. Or God, I will seek to worship even though it seems useless. Or I will quick being so consumed with things I can't fix. And then you say...but God now it is your time...If I do these things...what will you do?  Give me a way out of my depression? Provide for me insight to this time in my life so that I can make it better. Help me to live a life more worthy of my status.

Ever have thoughts like these?  Ever have feelings of wandering in a maze, day in and day out? Ever feel a need to escape from your situtation?  Then you have most probably played "Let's Make a Deal" god style.

As you read this portion of scripture I want you to especially read with the goal of being and seeing just have specific God can be. Especially when making a deal with God. Just imagine old Pharaoh going outside or being inside and being completely covered by insects and all the itching and all the bites and all the mess in trying to eat a sandwich which is covered with bugs.  But then you step out of you house and enter the house of your slave and there are no insects.   And you decide to ask them to move from their lowly house and move into your guest room so you may live in their house until the Pest Man gets there...but you find the flies the bugs the agony simply follows you and the solitude continues to follow your slaves. When you are out of sorts with God...no matter how well everyone else is partying...you are still isolated to your depression. To your flies.

And then you begin to bargain more...and yet your bargaining never quite comes to your absolute surrender to the demands of God.  And the demands of God...the ones you know you ought to be doing...just seems to much...but to God anything less is not enough.  And your miserable life continues.

The Pharaoh knew the demands of God...Let my people  go three days away from you so that they can worship Me for my faithfulness to them.

Anything less than that this for the Pharaoh is imperfect.  Anything less that this for the Hebrew Children would be God not honoring His word.

Can't be and Can't happen!

So you lay down at night and contemplate...what next?  And your heart even though it is breaking becomes harder and harder.

There is a way...there is a course to follow...It is of the Lord...100% all the way...Will you join Him today?

In Jesus' Care, Always,

Bro. Bob

 

 
 

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