Your Personal Exodus

God is the great conductor. There is no area of life that He does not control.

When you read about Jacob in the book of Genesis you can see that very easily. As Jacob lost his beloved son, Joseph, he was actually receiving a blessing because through Joseph's trials and faithfulness he was able to save his entire family during the time of great famine.

His position in Egypt would make him able to provided for the children of "Israel" during this very dark time.

God had a plan.

And through that plan a nation was sustained.

They remained there many years and from that small group of about 70 men (plus women and children) would grow under these times of prosperity in Egypt into around 3 million when they finally headed for the wilderness.

This fulfilled God's promise to Abraham that He would make his seed as the stars and the sand.

For about 100 years God's chosen people lived as aristocrats in Egypt. But there came a time when a Pharaoh that did not know Joseph was in place and saw the abundant Israelites as a threat. He believed they could join with some enemy king and defeat Egypt.

So these people of the Covenant became slaves.

God had promised to care for them and make them prosperous, but they had neglected their covenant obligations to the Lord.

During this time of oppression while they felt the taskmaster whips upon their backs they began to cry out to the Lord. And He heard their cries.

Why did God's chosen people have to suffer? If they had never been through this time of oppression and slavery they may have never wanted to leave Egypt. And through all of this labor they were prepared for those years in the wilderness and released them from the hold their prosperity had on them.

Today, right now, there is someone reading this that is in bondage to their own "Egypt."

I don't have a fortune teller's ball to call out whatever it is that has you bound, but I can guess a few things.

And I know that there is "pleasure in sin for a season," but somewhere down the line, seasons change. And that thing that made you feel warm and fuzzy in the beginning becomes a hard taskmaster, wielding the whip of oppression over God's chosen people.

What needs to happen when you find yourself groaning and crying out to God?

Certainly He could cause whatever situation you are in to end. He could have killed Pharaoh when he would not let the Israelites go.

You have to be willing to enter back into that Covenant relationship with Him.

Repent (turn from your sin)

And if you have already been Baptized in Jesus' Name then you should seek to have that Promise (the Holy Ghost) refilled in your life.

God never meant for His people to be in bondage. He never meant for us to be slaves to sin.

We were meant to reap the blessings of having the King of Kings for our Father.

There may come a time in your life when you have to begin your own personal exodus out of the land of bondage and into the promises God has for you.

But in order to do that you have to be willing to move. Maybe the problems you are facing now are what will drive you to that place where you call out to God for deliverance.

Without problems, we would never need a Deliverer.

Think about it.

Our afflictions can produce wondrous results if we allow God to work in our lives.

Maybe it is time today for someone to begin their own personal exodus out of sinful situations and begin to walk toward the promises God has for you.

It all begins with you. Are you willing?