by Walt Henrichsen | Sep 4, 2017 | Articles, Mentors Corner
“…He saved them for His name’s sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known…And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy…They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel…They forgot God who saved them, who performed great deeds in Egypt…So He raised His hand in oath to make them fall in the wilderness.” Psalm 106:8, 10, 13, 21, 26 You would think that when God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage that He would have led them to happier circumstances. In reality the opposite seems to have been the case: They ate bland “manna,” experienced thirst, were led on long marches, and were given a set of harsh expectations from God (in the form of the Law) that they did not have to obey when in Egypt. How does this happen? It seems that the pattern is consistently the same: You cry to God in your need. He delivers you, and with His deliverance He establishes certain expectations. You, in turn, develop your own expectations of God. When these two sets of expectations clash, you are tempted to take things into your own hands, exacerbating the problem. Our immutable God does not change. When He delivers His people from the shackles of sin He does not guarantee happier circumstances. Often His people appear to experience a harsher life than before their conversion. This is, of course, not always the case. Many testify with the Psalmist, “The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.”1 But our...
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