Exodus 6: 1-9: “Then the LORD said unto Moses, 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. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, 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. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.”
We can read about a time when King Benhadad of Syria boasted to King Ahab of Israel and told him about all the things that he was going to do to Samaria but Ahab said to Benhadad, “And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.” (1 Kings 20: 11) There are many people, today, who boast about what they are going to achieve. In fact, there is an entire industry based on telling people that if they set their goals in the right way they they will achieve what they are boasting about. There are many people who are able to do this but, “The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.” (Prov 16: 33) We must remember that the Lord is in final control and He will do whatever is according to His plan. However, in this case, it was the Lord’s plan to deliver Israel from Egypt and He was able to promise that He would deliver them, no matter what they thought or how much they complained. In fact, the Lord had already promised to do this 430 years before this moment (compare Gal 3: 17, “And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.”) Whatever the Lord promises will happen but only according to His timetable and not ours.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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