Remember the things I have done in the past.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
Only I can tell you the future
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.
I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—
a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
and I will do it. Isaiah 46:9-11 (NLT)
As they were into the fifth plague, do you think the Israelites wondered what God was doing? Do you think they, or even Moses, thought "WOW. Plague number five. God should just give up because Pharaoh is too stubborn." Or "This really isn't working. These plagues are horrible."
The plagues never touched Israel. The Bible says over and over again that they hit the Egyptians but not the Israelites. But, can you imagine the tension across the land during that time? Here were the people that held your life in their hands and your God was making them suffer....and he was making the ruler mad. And, the ruler was evil which was evident when he ordered that all baby boys be drowned. Talk about stressful.
Do you think the Israelites wondered if God was in it? Do you think they questioned if he would do what he said he would do? And what about "When?"
What about you? Do you wonder what he's doing? Do you wonder if he's ever going to come through? I can say, I do. Recently, I felt that God was telling me to do something which was not logical (of course, God's directions often don't sound logical.) But, I did it because well, he's God. I am still waiting for him to come through on the part I thought he needed to fulfill.
Should I give up and say "Well, I guess that wasn't God and now I'm in a pickle." Or worse, do I assume he isn't going to follow through? I could but shouldn't. It's usually right about then that he shows up. Just because what is happening doesn't look like what I think it should, doesn't mean God isn't in it. His ways are not mine - not even close. Praising him for that!