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Tuesday... Are we ready to do something about this?


Tuesday... Are we really ready to do something about this? Are we? It is so easy for us to groan and groan and groan but that is all we do. Are we really serious about doing something about this, whatever this is in your life?

Exodus 2:23, (NIRV) says, "After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The people of Israel groaned because they were slaves." Are you a slave to some situation in your life and everyday you wake up and groan? Everybody around you is getting tired, really tired  of your groaning. Is that true in your life?

Now groaning actually is a step in the right direction. Some have just accepted their slavery. I can't do any thing about it so I'm just going to accept that I am a slave. And that is one way to deal with it but that is not the way to start the process to solve the issue of being a slave.

Yes, "The people of Israel groaned because they were slaves" but they didn't stop there. "They also cried out to God." Now that is a step in the right direction and that should always be the first thing we do when we are slaves and want to do something about it. Go to God. And here is what happened, "Their cry for help went up to him." And verse 24 said, "God heard their groans." and verse 25 says, "So God looked on the Israelites with concern for them."

Verse 25 in the Amplified Bible says, "God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice [of them] and was concerned about them [knowing all, understanding all, remembering all]." And that started the process of providing a way out of their slavery which took some time and that is what the book of Exodus in the OT of the Bible is all about. But it started with some groans and then going to God with the groans. And that showed that thy were ready to do something about it.

When we groan to God, He takes notice and is concerned and that releases Him to start doing something about it! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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