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WHEN THINGS GET WORSE Have you ever been in a state of depression, feeling hopeless and helpless? Have you ever been in a period of your life when everything was falling apart, and you could not see the light at the end of the tunnel? Then after much crying and prayer you receive a word from the Lord saying, “This is your season,” “Things are going to turn in your favor,” or “Change is coming.” You became excited and began to expect an immediate change only to experience things getting worse. If you are the average person, you go back to God with many questions about why things are not going the way you thought they would. Well, this is not a new situation. It happens in the lives of people all the time. Let’s examine what happened to the Israelites in the book of Exodus and God’s response to why things got worse. To do this, we must first start with Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob. In his teenage years, Joseph was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. He was taken from Canaan to Egypt where he became a steward in the house of Potiphar, and after several years he ended up in jail because of a lie told to Potiphar by his wife. In jail, he interpreted the dream of two of Pharaoh’s servants which eventually aided in his release from prison, and elevation to the second-in-command in Egypt, after interpreting the dream of Pharaoh concerning seven years of famine in Egypt. Ten of his brothers came to Egypt to buy grain when the famine hit Canaan . Joseph tested them, eventually revealed his identity to them, and invited them and their father Jacob to move to Egypt, where he would provide for them and their family. Jacob and his family went to Egypt during year two of the famine in Egypt and the surrounding nations. The Israelites ended up staying 430 years. While Joseph was alive, he provided for them everything they needed to live comfortably. Pharaoh gave them the country of Goshen in which they resided, and he employed them in the care of his livestock. Their numbers grew from 70 to over 600,000 men plus women and children. They became satisfied and complacent. They forgot that they were supposed to be in Canaan the “LAND OF PROMISE.” Therefore, God had to intervene to get them back to their rightful place, and he did this by allowing the reigning Pharaoh who did not know Joseph to feel threatened by their magnitude. Thus, it caused him to place them in slavery, which made the Israelites cry for the reason of their severe bondage, and which opened the door for God to send them a deliverer. The deliverer was their kinsmen named Moses, who had been away from Egypt for 40 years. God told him that he was sending him to Pharaoh to tell Pharaoh to let Israel go so they might worship Him in the wilderness. He told him he would send ten plagues to Egypt and harden Pharaoh’s heart, causing him to refuse to let the children go. After the final plague that results in the death of the firstborn son of all Egyptians and their cattle, Pharaoh would willingly let the Israelites leave. God also told Moses to meet with the elders of Israel with his brother Aaron and inform them, “I AM hath sent me unto you. The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.”(Exodus 3:14, 16-17) Moses followed God’s instructions and met with the elders and Pharaoh; however, the meeting with Pharaoh did not go as the Israelites expected. They thought Pharaoh would respond positively to the words of Moses; instead, he became angry, and increased the daily workload of Israelites, and beat the Israelite foremen when the work quota was not met. The unhappy foremen met with Moses and expressed their displeasure, blaming him for their present predicament. What they thought would get better had gotten worse. Moses took this problem to God in prayer and said, “Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? Why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.” God answered Moses with the following words, “Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. I am the LORD: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.” These words of encouragement and promise from God should have comforted the Israelites, but the Bible says they would not listen to Moses due to their anguish of spirit, and the cruel bondage for which they were suffering. Their actions did not deter God’s faithfulness to them; He did what He said, which allowed the Israelites to witness God’s remarkable feats. Here are a few things believers can learn from the above events: Eventually problems will arise when you are not in your place. Things happen in your life to get you back to where God has ordained Opposition comes to keep you immobile and bond when it is time for you to leave. Pain will make you cry unto God for relief. When things appear to be getting worse, pray, and ask God why. Misery can cloud and dampen your perspective. Hold on to what God said about you and not what man is doing to you. The “I will” of God changes not. God has a reason for hardening people’s heart toward you. MOST IMPORTANTLY, things getting worse can be designed by God to render judgment to those who offended Him and you. Finally, the good news is God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, and destroyed their enemy in the process. So, fellow believers take courage. Like the Israelites, God thoughts toward you are good and not evil to give you an expected end. We must endure some pain for God to receive glory. I am not sure where you’re getting your info, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning more or understanding more. Thanks for magnificent information I was looking for this info for my mission. Anonymous permalink thank you! Excellent analysis! Eric Obi permalink I gone through your blog, it very inspiring. I personally has been blessed by it. 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प्रस्थान अध्याय 3 त्यस समय मोशा उसको ससूराका भेडाहरूको हेरचाह गर्दैथिए। तिनका ससूरा यित्रो मिद्यानमा पूजाहारी थिए। मोशाले भेडाहरू मरूभूमिको पश्चिमतिर लगे। मोशा होरेब, परमेश्वरको पहाड गए। 2 पर्वतमा मोशाले परमप्रभुको दूतलाई एउटा बल्दै गरेको पोथ्रामा देखे। पोथ्रामा आगो जलिरहेको थियो तर पोथ्रा चाँहि भस्म भएको थिएन। उनले हेरे त्यो आगो पोथ्रामा जलि रहेको थियो तर पोथ्रा भस्म भएको थिएन। 3 मोशाले विचार गरे, “किन पोथ्रा आगो द्वारा नाश भएको छैन?” 4 जब परमप्रभुले मोशालाई त्यो दृश्य ध्यान पूर्वक हेर्न आएको देख्नुभयो परमप्रभुले पोथ्राबाट यसो भन्दै बोलाउनु भयो, “मोशा! मोशा!”मोशाले उत्तर दिए, “म यहाँ छु।” 5 तब परमेश्वरले भन्नुभयो, “नजिक नआऊ। जुन ठाउँमा तिमी उभिरहेका छौ त्यो भूमि पवित्र हो यसर्थ आफ्नो जुत्ता खोल। 6 म तिम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरू अब्राहाम, इसहाक र याकूबको परमेश्वर हुँ।” 7 मोशाले उसको अनुहार छोपे किनभने ऊ परमेश्वर तिर हेर्न डराएका थिए।परमेश्वरले उनलाई भन्नुभयो, “मिश्रमा भएका मेरो मानिसहरूले कष्ट भोगेको मैले देखेको छु। मैले तिनीहरूको शोकपूर्ण प्रार्थनाहरू सुनेको छु, जब तिनीहरूका कमारा मालिकहरूले जबरदस्ती कठिन कामहरू गर्न लगाए। म तिनीहरूको दुःखको कारण पनि जानेकोछु। 8 अब म त्यहाँ जान्छु अनि मेरो मानिसहरूलाई मिश्री मानिसहरूबाट बचाउँछु। म तिनीहरूलाई त्यस स्थानबाट निकालेर तिनीहरूले कष्ट भोग्नु नपर्ने स्थानमा लिएर जान्छु। त्यो ठाउँ धेरै-धेरै असल चीजहरूले भरिएको हुनेछ र कनानी, हित्ती, एमोरी, परिज्जी, हिव्वी र यबूसी जस्ता विभिन्न जातिका मानिसहरू बसो-बास गर्छन्। 9 मैले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको पुकार सुनेकोछु। मैले देखें मिश्रीहरूले तिनीहरूका निम्ति जीवन कति कठोर बनाइदिएका छन्। 10 यसकारण अब म तिमीलाई फिरऊन कहाँ पठाउँछु। जाऊ अनि मेरा मानिस इस्राएलीहरूलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याऊ।” 11 तर मोशाले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “म कुनै एउटा त्यस्तो महान मानिस होइन। म कसरी त्यो मानिस हुन सक्छु जो फिरऊन कहाँ जान सक्छ र इस्राएलीहरूलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याउन सक्छ?” 12 परमेश्वरले भन्नुभयो, “तिमीले भलो गर्न सक्छौ किनभने म तिमीसित हुनेछु। यही प्रमाण हुनेछ कि मैले तिमीलाई पठाउँदैछु तिमीले इस्राएलीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशाबाट अगुवाई गरेपछि, तिमी आउनेछौ अनि यही पर्वतमा आराधना गर्नेछौ।” 13 तब मोशाले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “जब म इस्राएलीहरू कहाँ जान्छु अनि तिनीहरूलाई भन्छु, ‘म तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्वरद्वारा पठाइएको हुँ,’ अनि तिनीहरूले तपाईंको नाउँ सोधेमा मैले के भन्नु पर्नेछ?” 14 तब परमेश्वरले मोशालाई भन्नुभयो, “म जो हुँ’ त्यही हुँ तिनीहरूलाई भनिदेऊ, ‘म हुँ,’ भन्नेले तिमीलाई तिनीहरूकहाँ पठाएको हो।” 15 परमेश्वरले मोशालाई अझ भन्नुभयो, “तिमीले इस्राएलीहरूलाई के भन्नु पर्छ भने, ‘परमप्रभु तिम्रो पिता-पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्वर, अब्राहामका परमेश्वर, इसहाकका परमेश्वर र याकूबका परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ। मेरो नाउँ सदैव परमप्रभु रहनेछ। यही रूपमा मानिसहरूले मलाई पुस्तौं-पुस्तासम्म चिन्नेछन्,’ यसैकारण मानिसहरूलाई भन, ‘परमप्रभुले मलाई तिमीहरू कहाँ पठाउनु भएको छ।”‘ 16 परमेश्वरले मोशालाई फेरि भन्नुभयो, “जाऊ अनि इस्राएलका बूढा प्रधानहरूलाई एकत्रित गर अनि तिनीहरूलाई भन, ‘यहोवा, तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूका अब्राहाम, इसहाक अनि याकूबका परमेश्वर मेरोअघि मानिस जस्तै प्रकट हुनुभयो अनि मलाई भन्नु भयो, यहाँ मिश्रमा भोगेका कष्टहरू र शोकहरू उहाँलाई थाह छ र तिमीहरूलाई उहाँ कष्टबाट मुक्त गराउनु चाहनु हुन्छ। 17 उहाँले यसो भन्नु भयो तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर निकाल्नु हुनेछ, अनि विभिन्न जातिहरूको भूमिमा लानु हुनेछन् जस्तै कनानी, हित्ती, एमोरी, परिज्जी, हिव्वी र यबूसीहरू अनि दूध र मह बगिरहेको भूमिमा पुर्याउनु हुनेछ।’ 18 ती बूढा-प्रधानहरूले तिमीहरूको कुरा सुन्नेछन्। त्यसपछि तिमी र बूढा-प्रधानहरू मिश्रका राजा कहाँ जानेछौ। तिमीले राजालाई भन्ने छौ “यहोवा हिब्रू मानिसहरूका परमेश्वर हुन्। हाम्रा परमेश्वर हामीकहाँ आउनु भयो अनि हामीलाई तीन दिनसम्म मरूभूमिमा यात्रा गर्न भन्नुभयो। हामीले हाम्रा परमेश्वर यहोवालाई त्यहाँ बलिहरू चढाउनु पर्नेछ।’ 19 “तर म जान्दछु मिश्रको राजाले तिमीहरूलाई जान दिनु हुँदैन कुनै महाशक्तिले मात्र उहाँलाई जानु दिने बनाउनेछौ। 20 यसर्थ तिनीहरूमाझ म अचम्मका कुराहरू गर्न महाशक्ति प्रयोग गर्नेछु। जब म महाशक्तिको प्रयोग गर्छु राजाले तिनीहरूलाई छोडन बाध्य गर्नेछु। 21 अनि म मिश्रका मानिसहरूलाई इस्राएली मानिसहरूप्रति दयालु बनाउँनेछु। जब इस्राएलीहरूले मिश्र छाडछन् तिनीहरू रित्तै हात जाने छैनन्। 22 हिब्रू महिलाहरूले तिनीहरूका मिश्री छिमेकीहरूसित सुन र चाँदीको चीजहरू अनि लुगाहरू माग्ने छन्। तिमीहरूले ती चीजहरू तिमीहरूका छोरा-छोरीहरूलाई लगाईदिने छौ। यस प्रकार तिमीहरूले मिश्रबाट सम्पत्ति लिएर आउनेछौ।”