A "Not Yet" is Not a "Won’t"

Exodus 3:9-10, ESV

And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” 

Exodus 5:1-2, 6-9, ESV

Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”

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The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”

Exodus 5:22-23, ESV

Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”

When it seems like God hasn’t done what he said he would do, we need to add a yet to the end of our sentence.

If God said it, God will do it.

If God said it—and hasn’t done it—then He just hasn’t done it yet.

God’s words don’t always play out exactly as we imagine they will, but He will always prove faithful to His promises.

If it seems like God has failed you, then He’s not done yet.

A not yet is not a won’t.