Set My People Free to Worship Me!

As I was reading through Exodus recently, this verse popped out at me: “Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go?’“ (Exodus 5:1-2 NIV).

I began considering people I know and hear about who are struggling with personal problems and issues, addictions, serious medical conditions, complications of all sorts. I began to consider the relationship of these problems to this encounter Moses had with Pharoah. For 400 years, GOD’s people had been in bondage to the Egyptians. Every facet of their lives was dictated by Pharoah. They were told what to do and when to do it.

I began to realize the correlation between this captivity and the captivities Satan uses to keep so many in bondage today; to prevent the freedom to worship GOD in Spirit and truth. I see how these problems dictate every facet of an individual’s life.

Recently, I received a call for help from a mom and dad whose daughter has been trapped in drugs for over 20 years; the bondage, the pain, the struggles. I can relate to the pain as I have family members trapped in much the same way and I see their struggles and pain as well.

Maybe that is you today? Maybe you are a mom or dad who has watched Satan destroy your child with addiction problems? Maybe you have addiction issues yourself? Pharoah asked Moses, “Who is the LORD?” Over the next number of days, Pharoah got a taste of the LORD and His awesome power. He witnessed the power of the LORD that brought deliver to His people; that set them free.