We are about to learn something about ourselves by the way these Jews are acting. How many Christians give their life to Christ, sign up for church membership, and then pastors begin to disciple and teach them what carrying a cross in this world means and many do the same thing as these Jews and say, “Wouldn’t it have been better just to stay in slavery back in the world? This is hard. This is a trial. I’m losing my friends. I’m ridiculed at work. I’m scoffed at and mocked. I’m left out at school. I eat alone in the lunchroom. Would it not have been better just to stay in the world?” That’s what the Israelites said.

But, there is an encouraging side to this. God still delivered them – even after all the lack of faith, the grumbling, the griping, the moaning, and the worldly faithlessness. So there is hope for you! There is hope for you, grumbler. There is hope for you, griper. There is hope for you, complainer. The pastor shows you what the word of God says and you cry, “Oh no, I don’t know about that.” Grow up! Be a man! Stand on something! Believe something! March for something! Make your life count for something! Anybody can go to Egypt and march lock-step to the dictates of the flesh and Satan, but it takes a man to walk with God in this world.