Pastor's Corner

for Sunday March 22nd
Obedience brings trouble.
“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.” (Exodus 5:23 NIV) Moses is confused; God had sent him to tell Israel that God was going to deliver them from Egyptian bondage but all that has happened is more trouble has been brought against Israel. I’m sure you have experienced the same thing. We work hard at doing what it right; we try harder to do it God’s way instead of our way and all that seems to happen is we experience more problems. But, why does this surprise us? Is it because we view God as a “means to an end” instead of the “end” itself? What I mean is, we come to God so that he can fix our lives. With our obedience we’re actually trying to trade with Him – I’ll be good if your fix what’s wrong with me. However, we must obey God because of who He IS and not because of what He can do for me; we will still experience the attack of the devil but we will see this as being part and parcel of being with God. Since the devil is at war with God, when we surrender to God we will become the focus of his attack. However, now we see these troubles as proof that we’re doing something right instead of thinking that we’re doing something wrong.
Pastor Don