After 400 years of slavery in Egypt, for 10 generations, the people understandably had a hard time trying to shake off the old experience of slavery under the hard task masters of the Egyptians and to adapt to God the Father's redeeming love.
They complained at hardship, saying that they would rather have had Jehovah kill them in Egypt, which was exactly what Pharaoh intended. They supposed God was like Pharaoh and took His fatherly discipline as murderous intent which is how far they missed God's heart.
God knew that they had to see Him differently from Pharaoh and God would have to reveal to them His own heart, so He did so in majestic displays of judgment, redemption, love, rescue and victory.
The exit from Egypt and journey through the wilderness was one display of God's heart and character: of grace, patience and redeeming love. :'I am not at all like Pharaoh, I am loving, kind, mighty, powerful, holy, righteous and caring, can you trust Me?'
He wanted the people to catch His heart of love and obey him, to walk in His law and follow fully voluntarily, out of thankfulness and out of the experience of God's love. And through the repeated, continued and consistent displays of His own love, He fully intended to change them. And what majestic displays these were.
Are there old specters of Pharaoh, which cloud our relationship with God in our minds today? God intends to break them. He is not at all like Pharaoh - He intends to break past experiences of dark negativity.
Pray that you may understand pray for revelation of who He is, trust and follow Him, out of a response of a revelation of His goodness.
Are you weary in the wilderness? Remember all He has done. Remember the cross, His mighty forgiveness, the great price that has been paid and judgments of which He has totally spared you. Recount again His blessings and tokens of His love.
Renew Your trust in Him for He is fully able to bring you into the land.
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