God remembers in compassion. God knew all the trials of Israel. He heard their groanings. He was totally aware of their enslavement. Did you ever wonder why the Lord let the burdens on Israel become so great? I believe God allowed the burdens for Israel to increase so that they would be more willing to follow Him. Consider how frequently they turned their backs on God after they departed from Egypt. If it had been wonderful in Egypt, they never would desire to leave. God allowed their burdens to bring them to Him. However, He never forgot them. He remembered them because of His great compassion.
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Are you the way I am when everything is going well in life? I mean at those times when I’m happy, healthy and seem to have everything going the way I think it ought to be. That occasion when all the people in my ministry love me and tell me so. That time when my wife and I are having a great relationship, my children are marvelous, and my grandkids are the best in the world. If that is the way it always was, then why would I ever want it any different? What would there be to look forward to? When would I stop and think, “It certainly would be great to be in heaven”?
My life, however, is not always great. Many days I do not feel well. There are days when I ache. There are days when the world seems to be in a shambles and my life seems to be at the bottom of the heap. On those days I say, “Oh, Lord, it would be great if you came back. I need you to remember me. Lord, I am not sufficient for this ministry or this life.” God assures us, just as He did Israel, that He remembers and He does so in compassion.
In verses six through eight the Lord gives a third reason why we should not quit.
Observe what God proposed to do. He proposed three specific works which are all encompassed in His “I will” statements. We see the first in verse six.
God proposes deliverance (6:6). God begins by asserting that He will bring deliverance from their burdens: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.”
God proposed to do marvelous things. In this process, it is crucial to contemplate what God did not say. He did not say, “Moses this all hinges on you,” or “All this depends on the faithfulness of these people,” or “All this is conditional on whether or not they obey my word.” He simply said, “I will do this.”