PROCLAMATION
“Now
there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said
unto his people, ‘Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and
mightier than we; Come on, let us deal wisely with them …’ Therefore they
did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens …”
Exodus 1:8-11 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These
are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. After the death of Joseph and his
brothers, a new king came to power in Egypt who did not know of Joseph.
This new king was concerned with the large number of the Israelites so he made
slaves of them and placed taskmasters over them. (Exodus 1:8-14) The king
told the Hebrew midwives to kill every male child that was born. (Exodus
1:15-16) However, the midwives feared The Lord God and did not do as the
king had commanded them. (Exodus 1:17)
When they were questioned by the king as the number of Israelites grew,
they said that the Hebrew women gave birth before they arrived. Because they feared God they were blessed
with families of their own. (Exodus 1:17-21)
Then the Pharaoh commanded all of his people to kill every newborn
Hebrew boy by drowning them in the Nile river. (Exodus 1:22)
APPLICATION
There
comes a time when things seemingly go from bad to worse. When our leaders
do not have our best interest at heart and they institute plans which do us
harm. That is the time for us to pray.
While we should pray all of the time, (Luke 18:1 and 21:36) we should
definitely pray when things go wrong and we need God’s help. The fervent sincere prayer of a righteous
person is very effective. (James 5:16 ) However, we need to remember that
God hears and answers prayers on His timeframe and not on ours.
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