This series is dedicated to transforming your perspective on life's inevitable trials, tests and adversities. In the introduction (please click here to read it), we established that such adversities were a fact of life but we have God's assurance that everything we face will workout eventually for our own benefit. More to the point God delights in turning the table on the devil and having the last laugh.

To verify this, we have been going through the bible to highlight examples of God's people who have come through negative circumstances and in hindsight turned out to be better off (Click here to read part 3). The bible assures us that "...God treats all people alike."(Acts 10:34 CEV) and since "Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8 CEV), it is my prayer that you will take comfort from their experiences and expect the same kind of results. Maybe you might even laugh with Him in anticipation of the expected end.

Enjoy

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This time we look at Moses, who was born to a Hebrew mother at a time when they were being treated as slaves in Egypt. In a bid to suppress the population explosion of the Israelites, the Pharaoh commanded that every Hebrew newborn boy be tossed into the Nile. Moses's mother, inspired by God, hatched a cunning plan that resulted in her being paid by Pharaoh's daughter to raise her own son in the ways of the Jews, while having access to the best that Egypt had to offer as an adopted prince. Moses was used of God to set His people free from the tyranny of Pharaoh, but not before Egypt endured ten plagues and the death of their entire first born sons. God then setup a final showdown at the Dead Sea. The best of the Egyptian army led by the Pharaoh himself thought that they had all of Israel caught between them and the sea only for God to close in the waters over them. The very sea that was the route to safety for the Jews was the final resting place of Pharaoh and his army.

This series is dedicated to transforming your perspective on life's inevitable trials, tests and adversities. In the introduction (please click here to read it), we established that such adversities were a fact of life but we have God's assurance that everything we face will workout eventually for our own benefit. More to the point God delights in turning the table on the devil and having the last laugh.

To verify this, we have been going through the bible to highlight examples of God's people who have come through negative circumstances and in hindsight turned out to be better off(Click here to read part 2). The bible assures us that "...God treats all people alike."(Acts 10:34 CEV) and since "Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8 CEV), it is my prayer that you will take comfort from their experiences and expect the same kind of results. Maybe you might even laugh with Him in anticipation of the expected end.

Enjoy

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Here we look at the king of Moab called Balak, who was clearly unsettled by the presence of the Israelites so close to his kingdom, having heard of some of their recent conquests. Full of a sense of foreboding danger to his domain, he sought the services of Balaam, the renowned prophet of the day to curse the Jews as a means of giving him an upper hand in battle. There was only one problem; God had already bestowed His irrevocable blessings on the children of Israel. Balak; not deterred by this apparent hitch, relentlessly badgered Balaam, tempting Him with all manner of gifts. Eventually God permitted Balaam to go (not before his life was saved by a talking donkey) and ultimately Balak provided the Israelites with three expense paid affirmations of God's blessings.