Are you crying to Pharaoh or to Lord Jesus?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
	Exodus 5:15
Although we sympathize with the children of Israel, we must make note of their mistake in crying to Pharaoh instead of calling out to God. Are you having a hard time at work? Is your boss cracking the whip? Is your supervisor loading you down? Are your co-workers demanding more of you than you think reasonable? Don’t cry to your boss. Cry to the Lord first. Get direction from Him, for as the old hymn rightly declares, “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.” This is so simple and we know it to be true. But I must be reminded of it over and over again. Maybe you do too. It’s so easy to cry to Pharaoh—to cry to a husband or wife, brother or sister, pastor or elder. It’s easy to seek out people, when in reality God would say, “Woe to the rebellious people who take counsel but not of Me” (see Isaiah 30:1). Is the whip cracking? Is your back aching? Cry to the Lord.