Exodus 7: 10-12 10. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. I read this Scripture reference a few weeks back… Exodus 7:12 makes me lavishly grin each and every time I read it! It reverts me back to…
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Sometimes Things Get Worse Before They Get Better
Don’t you just wish that God answered our prayers immediately? And sometimes things even get worse after we start praying! Where’s God? Why isn’t He listening? Why isn’t God answering my prayers? God always works with a purpose, and His timing is always perfect! But, do we really believe that statement? When we read about the 10 plagues that God sent during the times of Moses’ repeated request to Pharaoh for the freedom and release of the Israelite people, we cannot imagine why Pharaoh was being so stubborn. Even as a child, I used to wonder how Pharaoh could not see the obvious hand of God in the various plagues…
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Do Your Trials Get in the Way of Believing God
Exodus has some incredible FAITH inspiration! Just reading through chapter one, I’m always inspired how God blessed the midwives with houses (Exodus 1:21 kjv) when they feared and obeyed God rather than Pharaoh, when he told the midwives to kill the baby boys being birthed by the Hebrew women. (Exodus 1:17 kjv) In Exodus chapter two, Pharaoh’s devastating cruelty is shown when he commands that all the baby Hebrew boys were to be cast into the river. Just ponder the pain for a moment… The Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor; And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage… (Exodus 1:13, 14 kjv) And NOW……
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I Have Enough.
Because Jacob swindled Esau out of his birthright and had also stolen the blessings that were to be given to Esau by his father, Isaac (Genesis 27), Jacob feared for his life while returning home to meet Esau, even though it was years later since these incidents. These two brothers were at odds with each other. Truthfully, I can’t say that I blame Esau for being so angry, yet… was earthly possessions worth committing murder and losing his brother, Jacob? Had Jacob been contented with what God had already given him, would he have connived to gain more from his brother Esau? To appease his brother’s wrath, Jacob sends before…
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Sin Withholds GOOD Things from You
“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.” ~ Jeremiah 5:25 kjv SIN is becoming so common place and accepted among Christians that we start to blend in with the rest of the world. They feel that these little sins aren’t that big of a deal if they’re not “murdering” or “stealing” from someone. Doesn’t it seem like we put our own label on what we think of as “bad” SIN…and then shrug our shoulders at other things that don’t seem quite so “bad?” The fact is, SIN is — and always will be — still SIN in God’s eyes. GOD doesn’t…
