More Thoughts. . .

We need to come up with a name for these things, girls!! :) Any ideas?

Anyways, here's some thoughts that I had when reading Exodus:

• Chapter 1 says that Israel continued to multiply. So much so, that they were becoming greater than the Egyptians which led Pharaoh to enslave them. My question is, why didn't the Israelites just have a rebellion? They were certainly more numerous than the Egyptians... I guess God had different plans and was glorified more the other way. :)
  
  
• Exodus 4:10-11 "And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?" Wow, that reminded me of so many times when I have told the Lord, "God, I am so unworthy of what You are calling me to do! How can I possibly serve You in this manner??" But God just says, "Am not I the Lord who made heaven and earth? I can also use you in this way." Of course, He doesn't say it audibly, but His Spirit speaks to my heart. He is so awesomely awesome. :D
  
  
• After Moses and Aaron entreated with Pharaoh to let the Israelites go and worship the Lord for three days, Pharaoh was angered and doubled the Israelite's work by forcing them to make bricks without straw. The Israelites then become angry at Moses and Aaron. At the end of chapter 5, Moses asks the Lord, "Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all." Here God tells Moses to go deliver the Israelites, and Moses gets there and things just get worse. Mmm....isn't that so much like us?? God tells us to do something and many times we will expect immediate results. Then it doesn't turn out the way we expect it to, and we start to question God and get discouraged. We forget that God works patiently and His ways certainly are not our own! :)
  
  
• Finally, I found it interesting that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob didn't know God by His name Jehovah. Wonder why. . .