When the difficulties of life become more and more numerous to the point that we feel cornered, we are like the Hebrew people fleeing from the army of Pharaoh and stopped in their tracks before the Red Sea.
« I shall harden his heart and he will pursue you: and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in all his army: and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so. »(Exodus 14:4)
God might not harden Pharaoh’s heart and instead urge him to let the Hebrew people go without difficulty, but the Egyptians would not have known that it was the Eternal who freed this people.
Indeed, our God can expressly harden the situation we are enduring, as he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, for the simple purpose of bringing out his glory, as he did on the Red Sea.
Surely the Lord wants to reveal his power either to those who got us into trouble, or to those who refused to help us, or to ourselves to strengthen our faith.
Whatever it is, let us trust in God and wait in faith for the outburst of his glory.
PRAYER:
Lord our God, give us to keep our trust in You in difficult situations.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray.
Amen.
Apostle Jean-Claude SINDAYIGAYA