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
