OUR FATHER WHO FEELS DISTRESS WHEN WE ARE IN DISTRESS

The kindness of the Lord was upon His people and when they were in distress in Egypt, He too was in distress.

He showed them love and mercy and became their saviour. 

But the people rebelled against Him and grieved His Holy Spirit and in doing so, caused the Lord to turn against them and become their enemy.

Finding themselves without the covering of their Lord and their holy places trampled by their enemies, the children of Israel returned to their senses and they finally stopped to remember their history and how their God, in days of old, had redeemed them from bondage and guided them through the Red Sea. The passage in Isaiah 63 verses 11 - 14 says it this way;

Then his people recalled the days of old, the days of Moses and his people—where is he who brought them through the sea, with the shepherd of his flock?

Where is he who set his Holy Spirit among them, who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses’ right hand, who divided the waters before them, to gain for himself everlasting renown, who led them through the depths?

Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble; like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.

This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.

The people assessed their condition and realised they had spurned their God who had loved them and protected them. 

They came before the Lord with repentance and asked Him, in Isaiah chapter 63 verse 17b;

Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.

Amen.

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