OUT OF THE FRYING PAN…

…I have learned in whatever state I am in, to be content. 

Philippians 4:11

Mrs. Monroe of Darlington, Maryland had 8 children.  She came home one day with arms full of groceries and saw 5 of her children sitting in a circle on the floor being unusually quiet.  They were intensely interested in something.  It always concerns parents when children are very quiet and still.  She put the groceries down and went over to see what was going on.  As she peered into the circle, she saw 5 little skunks.  The children were playing with them.  Well, when she saw this, she yelled, "Children, run!"  Each child grabbed a skunk and ran!  She was frantic!  She scared each child so much that they squeezed the skunk they had.  You know what happened.  That was the beginning of a bad day for Mrs. Monroe.

Have you ever had a bad day? If we had asked Moses that question, he would probably have said, "Ah, you don’t know the half of it!"  Moses and Aaron, God’s dynamic duo, were standing before one of the legendary Pharaohs of Egypt, Amenhotep II (Exodus 5).  His military prowess and personal physical strength have been recorded on Egyptian obelisks which show him riding a stallion and shooting his bow striking the target with a bull’s eye.  He was a physically and mentally tough ruler.  His stubbornness is legendary, too, as we see from Exodus.  God did not choose some cream-puff, milk toast or Twinkie to demonstrate His power.  He chose the most powerful man on earth at the time.

In your life and mine, God brings what seems like insurmountable odds. How do you respond? Read Exodus 5-6 to see how Moses responded.

Ike Graham