This week we've been in Exodus. The story of Moses, Pharaoh, and all the plagues always intrigues me. My mind cannot fathom the plagues. I've seen little cartoon pictures to depict the plagues, but I don't think they really do justice to the actual situation.
Something I read yesterday made me laugh in Exodus 8:8--11--
"8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD."
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile."
10 "Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses replied, "It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God. 11 The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile."
It made me wonder why Pharaoh's answer was "tomorrow." Why wouldn't he say get rid of those frogs now?
As we continue through the story in Exodus, we see Pharaoh's hardened heart. The plagues were done to show the people that He was the Lord. I was thinking how it is easy for us to read a story like this one and say, "I'd never do that. If God sent a plague of hail or flies or turned the water to blood, I'd do what He said. It wouldn't take plague after plague to get my attention." Do we really pay attention to what God wants us to do though? Do we try to make compromises with Him to get to keep doing what we enjoy doing even though it isn't what He wants us to do? How do we treat Him in our own lives? Is He Lord of all or just when it feels like we need Him or it's convenient?
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"There is something in every season, in everyday, to celebrate with Thanksgiving." Gloria Gaither
3 comments:
What I like about this excerpt about the plagues is that sometimes in life we have hardships and we wonder, "Why is this happening to me?". And in the end it is God's perfect will and plan. We think God isn't there in the midst of our troubles, but the fact is He is right there the whole time, waiting for us to say "Today".
Glory to God!
Like your question about why he would say "tomorrow", I sometimes have questions about things in the Bible. Sometimes I wonder why Jesus would heal someone and then tell them not to tell anyone about it.
I guess we are so used to procrastinating!!!
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