the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 5:15 to Exodus 6:8
Pharaoh gives nothing; on the contrary he becomes more and more exacting. In vain they cry out to him (vv. 15-18). It is not only that Satan knows no pity, but he finds pleasure in the misery of his slaves. Ah! we have perhaps already had such an experience. Sin is a tyrant which never releases its hold. Hardly is one lust satisfied when another makes its appearance and has to be indulged in at once. Christ alone can absolutely and finally settle the heart. Sometimes God orders things by making a man wait for deliverance, while experiencing the weight of the enemy’s yoke and the depths of his own miserable condition, in order that he may at last be ready to recognize that God alone can extricate him from it.
In responding to the discouragement of His servants (v. 23), God does not reproach them in any way. On the contrary, it is the opportunity for a new revelation of Himself. The LORD or "Jehovah" is the name which God takes in His relations with Israel. For the patriarchs it was the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth. Now, God’s purpose in bringing about a new thing introduces a new name. The LORD, He is the One who never changes and is faithful to His covenant. For us, believers in the time of grace, He bears a name much more precious still, that of Father, which Jesus came to make known to us (John 17:26).
