‘Meet the Lord God who still controls the worst of days’ (Exodus 4:18-5:23)

It’s hard enough to cope with circumstances getting worse at any time, let alone when you’ve shown a willingness to obey the Lord’s directions! But in Exodus 4:18-5:23, Moses found out that obeying God doesn’t always mean that everything will go smoothly – sometimes it just doesn’t. In fact, the circumstances for Moses and the people of Israel got significantly worse because Moses obeyed. But…all was not lost and Moses had to find out the hard way that this too was part of God’s plan.

Message

Outline

The fifth in this series

Moses’ fearful task…

Off to meet Pharaoh

Note that Moses ought to have learned not to …

Miss the Lord’s requirements (4:18-31)

Miscalculate the Lord’s timetable (5:1-21)

Misread the Lord’s agenda (5:22-23)

The picture in perspective…
William Cowper and the sovereign God
Trusting on the bad days too…