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Exiting Egypt

“God’s Great Encouragement”

By Dennis Lee: Chapter 6

Moses was desperate. The people had just rejected his leadership; as Pharaoh began a new round of persecution of the Israel, more sever than ever before. The increased oppression was due to Pharaoh’s reaction of Moses demand that Pharaoh set the people free to serve and worship God.

Consequently, the people blamed Moses and wanted him out of their lives. They wanted nothing more to do with him. In their minds, Moses had brought nothing but trouble to them, with the potential severity even greater than what the Holocaust had produced, for they mentioned that Moses had put a sword in Pharaoh’s hand to slaughter them.

In essence, what these foremen did when they met with Moses and Aaron was fire them. They did a Donald Trump, “Your Fired.”

Matthew Henry said, “Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity of helping and saving.” He goes on to give this synopsis. “Now that the affaire has come to a crisis, and things are as bad as they can be, Pharaoh is at the height of his pride, and Israel is at the depth of her misery, now is God’s time to appear.”

And so we see a crushed, broken and desperate Moses before us. And so Moses did what everyone of us should do when faced with crushing problems. Moses got alone with God and poured out his soul to Him. We saw all of this last week.

Now, we come to God’s answer to Moses. In chapter 6 we see how God helped Moses and met his need, and the need of the people, which includes all of us.

First, God Personal Encouragement to Moses

Read Ex. 6:1-5

This is God’s personal encouragement to all of us as we are faced with these sorts of dilemmas or problems. What God did was share with Moses His name, and the encouragement that this name gives. This encouragement comes in four stages.

1. God Promises Protection

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land (Ex. 6:1 NKJV)

God promised to raise His mighty had against Pharaoh and force him to free the people. God had already made this promise to Moses at the burning bush, but as with all of us, Moses needed a refresher course. He needed to be reassured of God’s promise once again.

This is God’s same promise to all of us. That He will deliver us from all our enemies, whether seen or unseen, physical or spiritual. The Apostle Paul knew what it was like to be under attack, and shared with Timothy how no one stood with him, bur how all had forsaken him. But it was the Lord who stood with him when no one else would, and delivered him out of the mouth of the lion, which not only references Daniel’s experience in the lion’s den, but also the spiritual attacks that come from Satan who roams around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom (2 Tim. 4:17-18a NKJV)