The favour of God

Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. And the Lord had given the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. – Exodus 12.35-36

This is one of those seemingly strange situations where God works in what seems to us like an unusual way.

As they we leaving Egypt the people were going to need resources to finance their way. They had nothing.

So they did what seems to be preposterous – they asked the Egyptians for silver and gold and clothing.

Why should the Egyptians give them anything? This made no sense in man’s eyes. Why would these Egyptians give away their hard earned riches to a bunch of slaves?

A lot of what we are asked to do doesn’t seem to make much sense at times. We can ask ourselves ‘how is that going to help?’ or we can just plan say ‘that will never work.’

But when we do that we do not count on the ‘favour of God.’ With God’s favour on us we can do anything. When it looks like can’t do anything it is because we are depending on our own skills and wisdom and power and not on the favour of God in our lives.

It doesn’t make any human sense that we as Christians are ever going to triumph is a world of sin and wickedness. We should have been crushed out of existence a long time ago – but for the favour of God.