J.A. Matteson
(Devotional)
"Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, 'O LORD, why have You brought harm to this people?'" (Ex. 5:22).
Moses did not know know what he was saying for he did not know the One to whom he leveled his complaint. God is good and not the author of evil. The LORD does not consider that which is "good" and on that basis act; rather, the LORD is good by nature; therefore, whatever He wills to come to pass is good. At this point Moses did not know the LORD in this way, but he would come to know Him intimately in time. Truly by the end of his life he could say with the Apostle Paul that "...God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" (Rom. 8:28). Let us therefore be quick to trust and resist the temptation to question the motive and ways of Him who has by grace given us such marvelous promises.
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