God’s Salvation

God’s Salvation

 

 

 

 

“The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt.  I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.   So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey--the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.  And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.  So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt’” (Exodus 3:7-10).

 

 

In many instances when we feel overwhelmed by suffering, we may wonder why God does not seem to be helping us, leading to a sense of abandonment.  However, Exodus 3:7, 9 in the Bible declare that our God is indeed certainly aware of our suffering.  So, what is the issue?  It lies in our frail faith.  When we receive blessings from God, He appears great, but when we face hardships, the same unchanging God seems small, and our suffering appears disproportionately significant.  God remains unchanged, but our faith in Him often fluctuates.  Despite this, God, upon seeing the suffering of the Israelites, responded to their prayers, defeated their adversary Egypt, and saved them, leading them to the promised land of Canaan.  Similarly, God, while witnessing the agony of His only begotten Son Jesus on the cross, considered Him an enemy and allowed Him to be crucified, providing salvation to us through His death on the cross.