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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, January 7, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:The Seventh Plague: Hail [1] Bible Verse:Exodus 9:13-14 (ESV) "Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go. Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now. Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’” Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside. But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt — on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.” When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt; hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation." Message:
For the first time in Exodus, the Lord speaks broadly (through His prophet, Moses) of His power, His will, and His purpose. The time has come in the Divine purpose not only for the Hebrews to inherit Canaan, but also for the earth to understand His power and “proclaim His name.”
“Fear of the Lord,” the Bible tells us several times, “is the beginning of all wisdom.” (E.g. Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7) “Fear” has a specific meaning, however; for we are not to fear God as we might fear, say, a murderous maniac or a vicious dog. God has been good to us and will continue His blessings. Ultimately, He will even sacrifice His own life that we might find grace and eternal life. Fear of God might be better translated as “respect,” except respect is not a strong enough word.
The opposite of fear, in this context, is pridefulness. And the dichotomy between a deep and fundamental respect for God, on the one hand, and the false pride anchored deep in our human psyche, on the other, permeates Exodus.
God could, we now realize, destroy us, the earth, the universe in the blink of an eye. With the flick of a finger, He could send the earth spinning into the sun or out towards former-planet Pluto, or send the 100 billion stars of our galaxy into a collision course with Andromeda. In Genesis, we saw not only His ability to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, but even more frightening, His willingness to do so out of anger for human sin. He is a terrifying God, not a cuddly kitten.
But even at His most fearsome, God leaves a door open by which we can escape. The key to the door lies in subordinating our pride. Egypt was a land permeated by idolatry and pride; yet, God has not destroyed it. All he asks of Pharaoh, at this point, is not to oppose His specific will: That the Hebrews be released to fulfill their destiny. Pharaoh must bend his pride to God’s will.
Pharaoh is the proudest and most powerful man on earth. He has no reason to think that this god of the slaves can best him; and his pride makes it impossible for him to see an obvious truth, although many of his officials have begun to understand.
Meditation : Prayer : Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.....Amen |
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