Ex 5:17-23 (NIV) Pharaoh said, "Lazy, that's what you are — lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.' 18 Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks."
19 The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day." 20 When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, 21 and they said, "May the Lord look upon you and judge you! You have made us a stench to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
22 Moses returned to the Lord and said, "O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you sent me? 23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."
NOTE: Moses must have felt like an utter failure. If he had not heard God speak verbally, maybe he would have quit. Far from getting the people out, things were just getting worse. And to add it, the people were not looking for any more of his help. Moses is discouraged and even angry at God. Little does he realize how all of this will turn out for good. For now, it has been a failure from the beginning -- when he told God he was the wrong man for the job.
Sometimes we are too quick to determine if God is in something by just looking at the results.
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