“Now you will see what I will do.”
Exodus 6:1
Moses had just walked into a lot of ‘hot water.’ He had done what God had told him to do, and everything was getting worse! An enraged Pharaoh was now breathing down his neck . . . making threats, and heating up his cruelty to God’s people. Moses began doubting God. I can imagine his questions: Did I hear God wrong? Is this some kind of Divine joke? I must have been crazy to go to Pharaoh and tell him to “…let my people go!”
Everything just got worse. God’s people . . . slaves who had put trust in the reluctant Moses, were now in a worse situation than before!
And what does Moses – their leader – do? He goes to God with frantic questions, fear, and even accusations for the predicament they were all in now. Not only was Pharaoh (with all the power of Egypt) against him, angry and breathing threats to Moses and all of God’s people, but their whole nation-in-exile was angry with him as well.
God knew. He saw exactly how this horrible situation had unfolded. He was there. And surveying the chaos, He said, “NOW you will see what I will do.”
Can you relate? You have taken risks, stepped out of your comfort and onto a limb, because you believed that God had asked you to do so. It may not have made a lot of sense to you, or to the people around you . . . those looking to you with trust. Hope. And then, . . . everything goes haywire.
And God says, “NOW you will see what I will do.”
When I followed God’s Call to me to become involved with my desert nation, all Hell broke loose in my life. There were vicious attacks on our church, on my reputation, on my husband and family. Most devastating was that it came from Believers. The Enemy of our souls does not want God’s people to move into the Darkness with God’s Light. There will always be great resistance.
When we come to the end of ourselves … our confidence, skills, education, passionate desire to do great things for God, He patiently watches it unravel. And as we stand there watching all our great intentions, hopes and plans crumble, He Whispers, “Now! See what I will do.”
In my early years in the desert refugee camps, we came to them with great plans, with passionate hearts . . . and a lot of great people sacrificing time, skills, and their own comfort. I’d submit the written, organized, agreed-upon “Plan” to God, asking Him to bless it and make it all happen. I could swear that I would hear His Soft Chuckle, then crumpling it up with a wink and a smile He’d say, “Now!…Here’s what we’re going to do…“
And it was ALWAYS far better than what we had come up with! That realization may have taken some time to become clear to us, but His Plan was always the BEST!
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