“They must go and gather straw for themselves.” (v. 7)

What happens when the believer intersects the unbelieving world?

We might wish that those in the dark—that those who ought to hear and believe and obey, when they encounter the truth of God—would respond favorably. We wish that they would be on our team.

But Moses and Aaron realized the very thing we are realizing even to this day:

The wider world, in its perceived secular strength, isn’t on the team. In fact, without the gracious and elective influence of the Holy Spirit, the unbelieving world closes its own ranks…and antagonizes those who hold forth the truth.

Which is why the work gets harder. Why fair engagement in the marketplace evaporates. Why “tolerance” tolerates everything except a biblical worldview under the One Living God.

The world is much quicker to deny access before it accepts the Message. Every work gets harder for the believer in the world. Yet we stay true—because we’ve seen God answer this challenge before.

— Tyler