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God is Always with Us

 


The land of Egypt was once a place of refuge. There was a significant famine in the land. God had sent Joseph ahead to prepare a way for His people to survive this great disaster. For a while, everything was good.

After the death of Joseph, another king arose to power that did not know Joseph (Exodus 1:8). He became fearful of the Jews and made them work with rigor. All male babies were thrown into the river. The people of God cried out to Him and He responded by sending them a deliverer.

When Moses was born, his parents Amram and Jochebed hid him. When he could no longer be hidden, they put him in a basket that would float in the Nile. Pharoh’s daughter found the Hebrew child and named him Moses for she drew him out of the water (Exodus 2:10). She found Moses’ mother and paid her wages to nurse the child until he was weaned.

While this story is very familiar to us, we learn from this a great lesson about the power and providence of our Almighty God. The Pharoah of the land tried to keep God’s people under his control. However, God’s plans will never be hindered by the schemes of mortal men.

What God did was nothing short of amazing. Not only did God protect Moses at his birth, but He also used His providence for Moses’ mother to be compensated for nursing her own child.

The lesson we take away from this is that nothing stops the plans of God. We see this continually throughout Scripture. Jesus Himself said, “…on this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) Not man, angels, demons, or even death itself can stand in the way of God’s plans! Anyone who has dared to withstand God has only played the part of the fool.

Under the Old Testament, God delivered His people for Egyptian oppression. In Christ, we have been set free from the condemnation of sin. Nothing stops our God from succeeding at what He sets out to accomplish.

Think about the church today. There are many forces that want to silent us, put us in a corner, and make us feel inferior. Therefore, we must always remember how powerful our great God is. When we think of the great accomplishment Jesus made on the cross, we see His great love and purpose for man today.

Paul said of God, “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (2 Timothy 2:4). There is no one who can stop the church for the hand of God is with us! Let us remember all the great power God displayed in both the old and new testaments. Let us never shrink back from conflict, but always march forward. Our God is always with us.

God Bless each of you,

Eric Hicks

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