Prepare: Lord Give me Your grace that I may overcome all temptations.
Read: Exodus 10:7-29
D.L Moody saw once a criminal handcuffed and led by the guards. With all sincerity the evangelist remarked, "But for the grace of God, there goes D.L. Moody!" How true! We may be tempted to find fault with Pharaoh. Yes, the Egyptian ruler is the reflection of human weakness, so weak to turn back to God in humility. But it can be any one of us that has enabled us to turn to Him in obedience.
1) The failure of the officers: They fail to convince the ruler. He is so adamant and does not listen to their cry. It is so pathetic when good advice is rejected and pride rules over sound reason.
2) The failure of the ruler: Pharaoh is half hearted in his response. He sees the importance of and urgency to obey God. But his human calculations withhold him to obey God whole-heartedly. Pharaoh becomes so disgusted with Moses that he tells him never to see him again. Moses agreed and neither know that the final plague would be so devastating that the Israelites would be thrust out of Egypt.
In verses 20 & 27, it is said that the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh. It is the Hebraic way of saying that the sovereignty of God is the sole reason for all that is happening. But we can see that Pharaoh is held responsible ultimately. To avoid such an end, we need more and more of God's grace to know His mind and obey Him fully at every stage of life.
Respond: Thank God for the grace given to us in and through Jesus Christ to know Him and follow Him everyday.
Read: Exodus 10:7-29
D.L Moody saw once a criminal handcuffed and led by the guards. With all sincerity the evangelist remarked, "But for the grace of God, there goes D.L. Moody!" How true! We may be tempted to find fault with Pharaoh. Yes, the Egyptian ruler is the reflection of human weakness, so weak to turn back to God in humility. But it can be any one of us that has enabled us to turn to Him in obedience.
1) The failure of the officers: They fail to convince the ruler. He is so adamant and does not listen to their cry. It is so pathetic when good advice is rejected and pride rules over sound reason.
2) The failure of the ruler: Pharaoh is half hearted in his response. He sees the importance of and urgency to obey God. But his human calculations withhold him to obey God whole-heartedly. Pharaoh becomes so disgusted with Moses that he tells him never to see him again. Moses agreed and neither know that the final plague would be so devastating that the Israelites would be thrust out of Egypt.
In verses 20 & 27, it is said that the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh. It is the Hebraic way of saying that the sovereignty of God is the sole reason for all that is happening. But we can see that Pharaoh is held responsible ultimately. To avoid such an end, we need more and more of God's grace to know His mind and obey Him fully at every stage of life.
Respond: Thank God for the grace given to us in and through Jesus Christ to know Him and follow Him everyday.
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