TASKMASTER
Exodus 3:1-10

Taskmaster was a representative of the horrible pit. The Horrible pit is not a pleasant place to be; it is a place of pain, oppression, sorrow and agony. At a point in time, the children of Israel spent time in the horrible pit while they were in bondage in Egypt. Exodus 3:7-9, “And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.” At this point in your life are you experiencing a though time, a challenging time under any taskmaster? Inside of what represents taskmaster you can lift up your voice and cry to Him. While the children of Israel were spending time under their taskmasters in Egypt, they lifted up their voice and cried to the Lord. The cry of the children of Israel did not find a deaf ear because the Lord responded to their cry and extended His hand of deliverance through His servant Moses. Just as the children of Israel were in the horrible pit and were able to receive deliverance, so was King David was in the horrible pit. Like the children of Israel, King David also cried to the Lord God for his deliverance. King David testified, “I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. 2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.” (Psalm 40:1-2) Crying is not a sign of weakness and tears running down are not always a demonstration of crying. God heard King David’s cry and he was brought out of the miry clay. Miry clay is an indication that the horrible pit could also be a place of stagnation or a place of set back from moving at a speed that is acceptable or appropriate for the journey of life. Is there any of the above mentioned representatives of taskmaster’s have its way in your life? It is time to get on your knees in waiting and God in His goodness and mercy will not deny your deliverance. He is a faithful God.
 
Prayer for today: Ask the Lord God for His hand that was the same yesterday today and tomorrow for deliverance from every taskmaster that you know and the ones you do not know in your life.