"Think about your life. What are the moments that have shaped you the most? If you were to pick a couple, what would they be? ...
How many of them came when you reached the end of your rope?
When everything fell apart?
When you were confronted with your powerlessness? ...
When there was nothing left to do but cry out?
For many people, it was their cry,
their desperation,
their acknowledgment of their oppression,
that was the beginning of their liberation.
When we're on top, when the system works for us, when we are capable of managing our lives, what is there for God to do?
But the cry-- the cry inaugurates redemptive history. These slaves in Egypt cry out and God hears and something new happens. Things aren't how they were. Things change.
These slaves are rescued from the oppression of Egypt."
- Rob Bell, "Jesus Wants To Save Christians" pg 23-24
