Boomerang Effect

Ex 32:1
32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, "Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him." -NIV

It takes longer to get the Egypt out of people than the people out of Egypt! The Lord had delivered His people. They were no longer physical slaves of Egypt. They were out of Egypt physically but Egypt was not yet out of them. Each time the Israelites were in trouble, afraid or challenged their natural tendency was to revert back to their old ways, old habits, old mindsets.

Paul dealt with this same situation as he instructs the believers in Galatia
Gal 4:9-10
9 But now that you know God — or rather are known by God — how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? NIV

Change has a boomerang effect. Unless you keep on top of change, refusing to revert back, continuing to push forward the natural pull of change will draw you back to the beginning. Change isn’t change until it is change. Change is more than a decision; it is a process of transformation. You can get out of Egypt but it takes a while to get Egypt out of you.
Rom 12:2
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will. –NIV

Don’t retreat. Press forward. Don’t let the boomerang bring you back. Let Christ form in you until there is permanent, life giving change

Gal 4:19-20
19 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,- NIV

Remember…
Gal 5:1
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. – NIV

Blessings,
Darren