Have you ever felt that your circumstances are so dark that there seems to be no way out? The people of Israel knew that feeling. They lived under oppression and pain, but in the midst of their affliction, God did not forget them. Scripture reminds us: “So, the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.”  (Exodus 4:31) This passage reveals a powerful tr