Exodus 12:36 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
It had been several hundred years since Israel had settled in Egypt. A famine had driven them there, but bondage had kept them there. Finally, freedom had come, and it was time to leave. Can you picture these Hebrew slaves leaving Egypt. They came in as a few, but they were leaving as a great multitude. Not only that, but they were leaving in style! They were walking out with silver and gold jewelry as well as new clothes. Only a few days earlier they were making bricks without straw, but now they strutted out of town with the favor of God! After the devastating plagues from God, I can only imagine that the Egyptians were saying "Take whatever you want, just get out of here!". It's often hard for us to see that we will come out of a long and hard fought battle, but our God has an incredible track record. With Him leading the way, we will not only come out, we will come out better than before! Don't you know that it just burns the devil up........I love it!
It had been several hundred years since Israel had settled in Egypt. A famine had driven them there, but bondage had kept them there. Finally, freedom had come, and it was time to leave. Can you picture these Hebrew slaves leaving Egypt. They came in as a few, but they were leaving as a great multitude. Not only that, but they were leaving in style! They were walking out with silver and gold jewelry as well as new clothes. Only a few days earlier they were making bricks without straw, but now they strutted out of town with the favor of God! After the devastating plagues from God, I can only imagine that the Egyptians were saying "Take whatever you want, just get out of here!". It's often hard for us to see that we will come out of a long and hard fought battle, but our God has an incredible track record. With Him leading the way, we will not only come out, we will come out better than before! Don't you know that it just burns the devil up........I love it!
I'm reminded of an older chorus that says, "I'm coming out", the song was by Diana Ross. I don't know much about the song itself except the chorus just rings in my mind. "I'm coming out", no matter the situation or circumstances. Thanks be to God that He brings us out better than before.....
ReplyDeleteThis is so true even when we loose financialy. If we loose money then we can trust that God has a good reason for it. We will be better off without it! Life is not all about money but sometimes we can forget it.
ReplyDeleteNice shade of blue lipstick pastor!lol
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