Purposeful Persistence

There are many times when we see life as difficult, even tragic -personal sadness, community crisis, national disasters, and international conflicts. The times at the beginning of Exodus were no less tragic for Israel – a people enslaved in Egypt - oppressed and prone to bitterness. God's ancient promise to bless the world through them was largely forgotten.

But not by God who quietly, but purposefully, begins the process of redeeming His people through largely unnoticed actions… the birth of a baby and the engagement of weak and frail people. As those who have been liberated by a greater 'exodus' through the wonderful and full redemption in Jesus Christ we too need to trust in the fulfilment of God's unfailing , sovereign purposes of love in spite of everything that would suggest otherwise.