You have done nothing ...

Todays Reading:  Exodus 5:10-23

Exodus 5:23  Since I first came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has mistreated this people, and you have done nothing at all to deliver your people.’

It is hard to find a message of mercy and grace in this passage.  You can't help but identify with Moses here.  Who hasn't said, at least in their heart, to God "you have done nothing".
But we know the rest of the story.  God does deliver them from their bondage. But that is not all.  He delivers them even though they complained, even though they had a lack of faith.  Now, this doesn't have the same result in the wilderness after they have been delivered.  Then their rebellion is met with disaster. Though, God still hears their complaints.
Even our Lord Jesus on the cross cries "why have you forsaken me". Sometimes we get to a place where that is all we know how to do, because we can't see the future, and because the time is hard to endure.
I guess the lesson I see here is that we need to give God thanks when we can, because there may be times when we can't find it in ourselves to trust Him. But that is the greatness of God.  He delivers us anyway.

Heavenly Father, thank you for delivering me, for my past, and for my future. Forgive for the time when I don't trust you, even those I have not encountered yet. I thank you now for your deliverance then. Help me to always see your grace, and when I don't see it, please help me anyway.   Amen