1. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.” Exodus 6
God takes the credit here, but he's stating that not only will pharaoh let the Israelites go, but that pharaoh will drive them out of Egypt. That's quite a turnaround! There's a saying my mom said often to me growing up, "If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans."
Very true.
I planned to never get married or have kids. I'm married and have one son. I planned to get an engineering degree. I got an accounting degree. I planned to move out of Michigan as soon as I could. I first got a job in Ann Arbor, and then after a few years my husband and I bought a house in Michigan. Now, these were only the more recent and realistic plans. If you would have asked me when I was younger, you would have gotten totally different ideas of what my future plans were. The point is, circumstances change, and we need to accept these changes. We all have free will, but God will put things in front of us that will cause our plans to change and veer off the course we had set.
Pharaoh wanted to keep the Israelites in his service for as long as he was alive. Yet he ends up kicking them out (and later regretting the decision). Did circumstances change? Absolutely. Did he feel that there was no way out and no better option? Probably.
All those bumps in the road are directly from God. He's not doing it to spite you, he's doing it to help you to see the course he set for you.
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