Exodus 5:14 says, And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?  The Israelites over the other Israelites were beaten because the others had not met their quota.  Sometimes, we may suffer because of the actions of others, even if they and we are doing our best.  These were God's people, doing there best to meet worldly demands.  Verse fifteen states, Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?  The officers from Israel came to Pharaoh and asked why he was doing this.  We today very often hear that same question of why is this happening to me.  Verse sixteen adds, There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.  The leaders said that the demands were unreasonable, and that they were beaten because of something that was not their fault.  We do know that life today can be very unfair, even for those who follow Christ.  Verse seventeen declares, But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.  Pharaoh said that if they had enough time to go worship God, then they had enough time to do more work.  The world today will also try to keep us too busy to worship God.  Pharaoh attempted to force them to blame God for their problems.  Verse eighteen adds, Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.  The leaders were told that nothing was going to change, just as things today may not change if we make people aware of problems.  Verse nineteen says, And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. The officers saw that they were in a bad situation and told the people that they just had to continue.  Sometimes, all we can do is struggle on, but we must remain faithful to God as we do.  Verse twenty states, And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:  The leaders met with Moses and Aaron who stood in their way.  Moses and Aaron had to be curious about what Pharaoh said, just as we should know what the world is saying to Christians today.  Verse twenty-one adds, And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.  Basically, these leaders of the children of Israel, God's chosen people, told Moses and Aaron that their problems were all caused by Moses, Aaron and God.  We, as followers of Christ, God's people today, cannot blame religious leaders and especially cannot blame God when troubles come our way.  Verse twenty-two declares, And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?  Moses didn't argue with the people, but instead he questioned God.  We don't need to argue with people when they are angry with us about what God tells us to say to them.  We do need to go to God for the answer, but we don't need to go questioning why He told us to do what He told us to do.  Verse twenty-three adds, For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.  Moses said that it was all God's fault.  Moses had spoken to Pharaoh, and God had not delivered the children from evil.  Instead, things had only gotten worse.  We cannot allow worldly conditions to cause us to question God's love and salvation.