God knows

I've read the story of Moses a million times and I watch the movie "The Prince of Egypt" at least four times a year. Today i reread the story and once again, i was amazed at how much God is always paying attention to us

Exodus 2:23-25 -- During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew

We have all experienced some form of slavery in our lives. Whether it was a condition of being subject or addicted to a specified influence, being under the control of another person, working under harsh conditions for little or no pay, or not being FREE.

Bottom line is, we can call it bondage, or captivity but it is still slavery.

2008 was a harsh year for a lot of people- Jobs were lost or changed- Pay cuts were taken- Houses were lost due to foreclosure or not having enough income t o pay- Relationships failed or were lost- Some of us lost loved ones due to death- Some changes left others uncomfortable- Debt grabbed most of us by the neck and we worked hard to pay off bills that didn't endMost of this resulted in what some would call their slavery experience.

As i read Exodus 2:23-25 I praised God and realized that even in the midst of the 2008 drama and problems, FOR EVERY TIME we cried out to God, he heard us and remembered everything he had spoke concerning our lives and future. When God heard the Israelites crying for help, he sent them Moses to deliver them to a land flowing with Milk and Honey

Exodus 3:7-10 -- Then the LORD said,"I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

In 2008, we cried out of help

THE GOOD NEWS... WE made it to 2009 and this is the year we are going to enter the land flowing with Milk and Honey!Don't get caught up in what some are calling a recession that you miss out on YOUR DELIVERER.... God sent the Israelites Moses.....

WHO or WHAT is God sending you in 2009 to deliver you from slavery because he has already heard you cry, he has remembered the promise he made, and you can start rejoicing because help is on the way and what has had you bound, what has oppressed you, or stole from you NO LONGER has the power to make you cry or to rule over your life.

GOD is in control and you are FREE!!