Have a Healthy Fear of God
Have a Healthy Fear of God I read a story from the Bible the other day and noticed something about the story that really stood out to me! I think that there is an especially important principle in the story, and I would like to share that with you today. In the book of Exodus, chapter 1, we read that as the Israelites began to prosper in Egypt, the Egyptians came to despise them. They had forgotten how God had greatly blessed them during the times of Joseph and began to spread lies about them and oppress them. In the middle of this story is a remarkable statement! (Exodus 1:12-17) GW “ But the more the Israelites were oppressed, the more they increased in number and spread out. The Egyptians couldn't stand them any longer. So they forced the Israelites to work hard as slaves. They made their lives bitter with back-breaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard. Then th