God gave Moses three signs to give to the Israelites so that they would believe. They needed those signs because God didn’t simply show up and lead them out of Egypt. Note from your reading why He didn’t make it that simple. He wanted to accomplish more than the freeing of His people; what was it that He wanted to do? Let’s pay attention to the next three days’ readings to see if His greater purpose was accomplished.
Do you suppose His people thought there was a greater purpose than their freedom? Do you think that God could have a greater purpose than your comfort in allowing the circumstances in your life? That’s an interesting question to ponder as we read through the Old Testament: how important to God is His people’s comfort and the fulfillment of their every wish? What might be more important to Him than that? If there are more important things to God than that, then where should we place our priorities?
What does this tell you about God today? Have you ever embarked on an adventure with God, expecting it to go smoothly because it was His work, only to find the way anything but smooth? Should our suffering difficulty when we step out in obedience to God discourage us, or can we trust Him to use that difficulty to accomplish something even greater than we could imagine? He wants to, you know. Consider Ephesians 3:20-21.