Day 34 - Exodus 5 - 6:27 & Psalm 34

 Julie

Today talks about how Moses and Aaron go and ask the Pharaoh to let the people go out and worship God for a short time. Pharaoh refuses and gets and angry and makes things more difficult for the Israelites. This makes the Israelites angry at Moses for bringing this upon them. So Moses prays to God asking why he is causing them more suffering instead of helping them. If we put this story in the context of now then this is an example of God saying that he will do what he has promised, but never said how he would do it and in some cases there is some type of suffering that must be endured as part of the walk that God is putting one through. He reminds Moses to have faith and trust in him and to continue to fight for his people and for God and that all will be revealed in time. He also continuously reminds him of the "I Am" by stating multiple times "I am God". 

Psalm 34 is a prayer of thankfulness for all that God has done and it specifically points out ways in which God has taken care of David through this ordeal.

 

Michelle

That is a very good point Julie.  I didn't think of it in that way.  But you are right in that God never says how he will do things and many times suffering is the way it's done.  More times than not we expect God to just hand us what we want instead of knowing that we will have to work for it in some way.  This act is just one of the ways we are made stronger, in our faith and in ourselves.  I do also see that this is yet another example of us always arguing with God.  This is a recurring theme for humans.  We argue, why are you doing this to me/us, expecting it to come easy.  I guess it's just one more way we are meant to see that we must turn to God in all things and at all times.  

The psalm sounds like he is speaking to someone and telling them about God, saying that he will seek the Lord always and these are the reasons why everyone should.  It also prefaced this stating it was when David pretended to be insane to Abimelek, who drove him away and he left.  I'm not sure of that story but assume we will learn it eventually.