27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “TheLord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.”
29 Moses replied, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to theLord. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is theLord’s. 30 But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the Lord God.”...
34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
You see all I could think about was how when we're going through something and our lives are a mess we tend to cry out to God. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. God wants us to cry out to him. It's the second part of this scripture that rings so loudly. After Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail had stopped, then hardened his hearts again.
How many times have we been going through something in our lives and we desperately want God to step in and intervene and clean everything up. He does, then we take back control. We only want to surrender our mess to him, not our entire lives. This whole mindset of God as our own personal genie in a bottle is so upsetting.
Have you ever had a friend or knew someone who was bad about using people? Maybe they used you to help them out of a situation or circumstance and just as soon as everything was all better they bolted. You probably won't hear from them again until there is another problem. How does that make you feel? Used. Worthless. Unimportant. That is the same thing that we do to God so many times.
Thankfully enough our God is a God of grace, love and forgiveness. He holds no grudge against us and only wants the best for us. So if you can relate to Pharaoh and you know you haven't completely surrendered over your life into the hands of the one who created it, there is no better time than right now to do so!
All you have to do is talk to him. He knows your heart. Be encouraged! Be set free! Be awakended into your destiny!
~Awaken Us~
Brenna Stanford
