"The foremen said to them, 'May the Lord judge and punish you for making us stink before Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword into their hands, an excuse to kill us!'
Then Moses went back to the LORD and protested, 'Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done nothing to rescue them!' […]
Then the LORD told Moses, 'Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!'
And God said to Moses, 'I am Yahweh—"the LORD." I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—"God Almighty"—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them. And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners. You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.'"
Moses did as God told him—and things got worse! God's answer to Moses: "Look at who I am and what I have done, and believe that I will do what I say. I have heard the cries of my people, and I will act—no matter what circumstances look like now." When things look darkest, it's quite possible that God is going to reveal something new about himself. Look for a deeper understanding of exactly who God is when things seem to get worse in your situation.
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