Is Relief From Problems Destroying Your Faith?

Exodus 8:15 – But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

The plagues were miracles that God performed through Moses. These plagues caused a nuisance to an extent that Pharaoh was forced to consider against his will to release Israelites to leave Egypt. These plagues also proved that the God of Israel is powerful and cannot be compared to the gods of Egypt.

Every time a plague became a real nuisance to Pharaoh and Egyptian, Pharaoh sought relief by promising to release Israelites as soon as the plagues were lifted. In our text today, frogs had become a menace everywhere. Pharaoh sought help from Moses and promised to release Israelites as God demanded. Pharaoh promised that as soon as the plague was lifted, he would listen to Moses and Aaron and let Israelites go.

Moses prayed to God and the frogs ceased troubling Egyptians. The Bible tells us that as soon as Pharaoh had relief, he changed his mind and refused to honour his promise to Moses, Aaron and God. Relief from problems destroyed his faith.

When Pharaoh was under immense pressure of plagues being a constant nuisance, he had faith that God was powerful and only the God of Israel could help him. As soon as he had relief from that pressure his faith failed. Relief from problems destroyed his faith!

Deuteronomy 8:10 – When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.

Deuteronomy 8:11 – Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.

When you are hungry you seek God for help. Therefore, when you eat and are satisfied, do not forget the LORD your God. Do not let relief from hunger destroy your faith!

When you seek a source of income, you aggressively pray. God will help you find a source of income. Do not let this to kill your prayer life!

Before marriage you behaved so well. You were a polite understanding gentleman and open minded lady. Do not let years in marriage kill your civility and decorum!

Don’t forget your friends when you make it in life. Don’t forget ordinary people when you make it. All are God’s children. Do not let relief of your economic situation destroy you humaneness.

You feared a bad diagnosis. You prayed and fasted. You sought the face of God. You became well behaved. Now that the diagnosis shows you are safe and nothing life threatening, be careful. Do not let the relief destroy your faith!

Think about a relief you are experiencing. Think of your faith before the relief. Do not let the relief destroy your faith!

Relief from the almost lost job. Relief from the almost broken relationship. Relief from scandalous exposure. Relief from a now reformed wayward child. Relief from absolute poverty. Do not let the relief destroy your faith!

If relief destroys your faith, it means you never had that faith. It means your are playing or misusing God hoping when you get relief you will run away. It never works that way!

Dear God, thank you for the relief. Remind me and help me, so that the relief doesn’t destroy my faith. In Jesus’s name, Amen!

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