出埃及記6:1-9

6:1 耶和華對摩西說：「現在你必看見我向法老所行的事，使他因我大能的手容以色列人去，且把他們趕出他的地。」
6:2 上帝曉諭摩西說：「我是耶和華。
6:3 我從前向亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各顯現為全能的上帝；至於我名耶和華，他們未曾知道。
6:4 我與他們堅定所立的約，要把他們寄居的迦南地賜給他們。
6:5 我也聽見以色列人被埃及人苦待的哀聲，我也記念我的約。
6:6 所以你要對以色列人說：『我是耶和華；我要用伸出來的膀臂重重地刑罰埃及人，救贖你們脫離他們的重擔，不做他們的苦工。
6:7 我要以你們為我的百姓，我也要作你們的上帝。你們要知道我是耶和華─你們的上帝，是救你們脫離埃及人之重擔的。
6:8 我起誓應許給亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的那地，我要把你們領進去，將那地賜給你們為業。我是耶和華。』」
6:9 摩西將這話告訴以色列人，只是他們因苦工愁煩，不肯聽他的話。

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

² God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord. ³ I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,^[a] but by my name the Lord^[b] I did not make myself fully known to them. ⁴ I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. ⁵ Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
⁶ “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. ⁷ I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. ⁸ And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”
⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.

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    要改變一個人是一件不容易的事，現在摩西要改變一群人更是不容易！這一群人有共同的問題，就是要面對督工給他們的壓力，要努力做埃及建造城牆所需的泥磚，才能生活下去，誰想到上帝的拯救的事呢？

    所以，上帝命令他，去向以色列人說明，上帝要拯救他們脫離埃及人的手。對以色列人來說，這好像癡人說夢話，哪有可能的事呢？還是把泥磚做好，比較實在一點，至少不會受到督工的壓力！也因為這樣，沒有人肯聽他的話，也相對的，以色列人拒絕了上帝的拯救！

    這樣看起來，摩西在法老王和以色列百姓面前，都是被厭棄，都沒有被看好，這是為上帝工做的人都會遇見的事情。因此，服事上帝的人必須有一個覺醒，就是不要討人的喜悅，只討上帝的喜悅！