God would use the afflictions Israel faced to bring them closer to Him. They would see His power, experience His peace, and know His presence.
Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
God wants intimacy with His people. The trials of life are designed to drive believers into His arms.
One of my most intimate times with God was twenty-two years ago in the recovery room as I awoke to voices from the nurses station across the hall.
I told the Lord that if He didn’t want to take me Home, could He keep me from getting nauseous during chemotherapy.
After a few months of regular chemotherapy, they added two high dose treatments, each involving a month in the hospital. I never got nauseous. Never. I still praise Him.
Through it all I learned to trust in Jesus.
It’s been said, “Great faith is shaped on the anvil of affliction”.
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