Exodus 6:5-7
''And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.''
''Wherefore say unto the children 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 the burdens of the Egyptians.''
We are the children of Israel and we are created for the Created for the creator. We belong to Him. He is the one and only Almighty God. He expects us to be totally His children. But sometimes we are caught up in the bondages and the burdens of the world (Egyptians). Knowingly or unknowingly we are in bondage and become slaves to them. Even if we want to serve God in one area of our heart, the people around us say, ''you are so jobless to worship or serve God?? Come on man!, we have so many other works to do!!. We are not idle!''; It is similar to how the pharaoh said to the people of Israel in Exodus 5:17, so he gave them more work and they were into more burden. Similarly now we live in a busy world and do not have time for God. People are in bondage in many things like the mobile, internet, television, cinema, games, etc. This adds more burdens to their lives. They become slaves to it. But the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob thus says that we are His people and we no longer need to stay as slaves to the world(Egyptians).So He will bring us out of the burdens, rid us out from the bondages and redeem us with an outstretched arm. And He doesn’t stop with that, but He doesn’t stop with that, but He will keep us safely as His people (or children) and He will be our God- God Almighty; so that we will know Him more and know that He is the only redeemer and deliverer who deliver us from our bandages.
After delivering us, He will bless us and take us to a beautiful place where there flows milk and honey. And one more thing, God always gives ''The Best'' for His people whom He loves. For example, in the life of Joseph, he was a prisoner in a foreign land, sold as a slave and his situation was very bad, everything around him seemed to be worse. But God was with him and all that he did prospered. He lifted him up in the right time. He was in a place after the pharaoh, and he took him in his chariot and Joseph was lifted up in the sight of all the Egyptians. Our God lifts up His people in the right time so that all will see and know that He is ''Jehovah'' the only living God! God bless! Amen!
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