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Meyer · Exodus · Day 11

Moses Appeals from Pharaoh to God

Exodus 5

15+6:1. God’s way is to bring men to an end of themselves before he arises to their help. Our efforts to deliver ourselves only end in increasing our perplexities. The tale of bricks is doubled; the burdens

augment; the strength of our purpose is broken; we are brought to the edge of despair. Probably this was the daikest hour in the life of the great leader. But from allethe obloquy that was heaped on him, he took refuge in God. There is no other refuge for a limited man than “to return unto the Lord,” v. 22. Return unto the Lord with your story of failure! Return unto him for fresh instructions! Return unto him with your appeal for his interposition! Be perfectly natural with your Heavenly Father! Humble yourself under his mighty hand! Even dare to reason with him, saying: “Why!” ‘then the Lord will say to you, as to Moses: “Now thou shalt see what I will do.”

F. B. Meyer, Through the Bible Day by Day (1914–1918). Public domain.