It's Your Fault!

15 Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? 16 No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” 17 But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” 19 The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” 20 They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21 and they said to them, “The Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.” 22 Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”

(Exodus 5)

Sometimes, when heading toward where God wants us to go, things seem to be going from bad to worse. Such was the situation here. Moses was minding his own business in Midian, when God called him to go back to his people in Egypt. Moses did all he was told to do and say, which got Pharoah in an indignant uproar against all the people of Israel.  The foreman began by blaming Pharoah, who in turn blamed the nation, who blamed Moses, who then blames God. "It's your fault things are so bad! This is not the plan!" Or maybe it is. Maybe God knows that He needs to work all self-sufficiency out of our hearts and minds, so we will closely follow Him and consistently call out to Him step by step of our journey to where He wants us to be.  Go ahead and blame God. He can take it. And if it is not His "Fault", He will make it clear, step by step.