Reflections on Exodus

Exodus 13:17-22

Reflection:

·      Pharaoh lets Moses and the Israelites go!

·      God does not always work in the way that seems best to us

·      God’s path for us will often times look different than our path

·      Moses and the Israelites were reminded of God’s past faithfulness to help prepare them for future deliverance

·      God gave His people a pillar of cloud & fire so they would know day & night He was with them

Early in our marriage Leigh and I, like many young couples, wanted children. Things did not go as we had hoped and planned. For several years we struggled with infertility. We had countless doctors appointments, Leigh was taking infertility medication, and we endured several unsuccessful procedures month after month that eventually included a miscarriage in 1998. It was a very difficult season for us but a season that taught us some valuable lessons about how faithful God is and how He works all things out for His glory and for our good.

Through this season, God used our struggles to get us into a local church where I rededicated my life to Christ and Leigh was saved and baptized. We immediately became part of a church family that loved on us, prayed for us and helped us get through our storms. God’s plan and his timing, and his path for us were perfect! He gave us an unexpected, beautiful gift on December 20^th, 1998. An adopted daughter we named Grace (God’s undeserved gift to us) and we were unknowingly pregnant with our 2^nd beautiful gift that arrived 7 months later, named Abigail.

Challenge: We experienced, as Moses and the Israelites did, that God’s plan and path will often times look different than ours but He always knows what’s BEST for us.  He simply wants our obedience and trust in Him without complaining or resisting. Follow Him. Trust Him. Obey Him. He is the God of yesterday, today, AND tomorrow.  God is WITH you wherever you go and with whatever you are going through!

Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

By: Carll Converse (Calhoun Campus Pastor)