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When Moses and Aaron began to intercede for the people before Pharaoh so that he would release them, the response to this was to intensify the work of the oppressed Israelites to the point that they raised a murmur against their intercessors: “you have made us hated in the eyes of Pharaoh” (Ex. 5:21). The soul of a repentant sinner experiences exactly the same thing. When the fear of God and conscience, these inner Moses and Aaron, begin to inspire the soul so that it finally rises to its feet and shakes off the yoke of sinful slavery, joy flows through all its components. But the enemy does not sleep, and piles up mountains of obstacles in her thoughts from the insurmountability of sin, and instills fears on all sides - fear for her well-being, for external relationships, for her weight, even for her life. And it happens that someone, having just started, immediately stops. Be inspired, brother! “The Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, and the holy God will show His holiness in righteousness” (Is. 5:16). God is stronger than the enemy. Cry out to Him, and you will hear the same thing that Moses heard then: “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh” (Ex. 6:1). The enemy has no power over the soul; he can only frighten her with ghostly horrors. Don’t give in, endure, go forward courageously, saying to yourself: even if I die, I will not give up, and I will boldly go where the Lord calls me with the spirit of repentance that is now active in me. You might be interested in: