When things are going well for us, when we prosper, when our health is good, when where we live is blessed with a benign climate, when there is order in nature and damaging insects or disease do not destroy our crops and food, we are not driven into the arms of God to fear Him and honour HIm. Even here when a disaster ceases at the intercession of Moses, Moses knows that the Pharoah and His servants are "not yet afraid of the face of God".

But when things do not go well for us, when illness or loss or grief hits us, then we may remember God and turn to Him in our hour of need. We may then spread our palms towards Jehovah, and pray that He will remove that which we feared which has come upon us. And whatever we go through, God will be with us, His rod and staff they comfort us. We will not be afraid under the wings of the Almighty.

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