Prepare: Help me see the wonders of Your nature, O lord as I meditate on Your word.
Read: Exodus 8:16-32
The perennial rivers start their journey as trickles of water oozing out of the rocks of high mountains. We fail to realize that this small beginning is going to result in mighty rivers as big as the Amazon. When God is at work, sometimes He starts in a very insignificant way and makes it grow bigger and bigger that no one can finally stop it. This is what happened in Egypt.
Gnats and flies! Who cares about them? Yet, they become serious concerns in Egypt as a result of God working to liberate His people from that land.
Mother earth is worshiped in many parts of the world for it is considered as the agent of fertility, productivity and prosperity. To the ancient Egyptians, earth was sacred; it is life-giving and life sustaining. With the swarms of gnats coming from the dust, earth became useless and harmful.
For the first time the Egyptians-magicians realize their limits. Pharaoh is relenting slowly. The division of the Egyptians and the Hebrews becomes vivid with God caring for His people. God is at work.. and no one can stop Him.
When God deals with us, we must learn to respond positively, however small His promptings may be. Hardening of hearts surely leads to failure and suffering. What is the message you get from God today? What is your response?
Respond: Make me sensitive, Lord, to see You at work and to co-operate with You in every way.
Read: Exodus 8:16-32
The perennial rivers start their journey as trickles of water oozing out of the rocks of high mountains. We fail to realize that this small beginning is going to result in mighty rivers as big as the Amazon. When God is at work, sometimes He starts in a very insignificant way and makes it grow bigger and bigger that no one can finally stop it. This is what happened in Egypt.
Gnats and flies! Who cares about them? Yet, they become serious concerns in Egypt as a result of God working to liberate His people from that land.
Mother earth is worshiped in many parts of the world for it is considered as the agent of fertility, productivity and prosperity. To the ancient Egyptians, earth was sacred; it is life-giving and life sustaining. With the swarms of gnats coming from the dust, earth became useless and harmful.
For the first time the Egyptians-magicians realize their limits. Pharaoh is relenting slowly. The division of the Egyptians and the Hebrews becomes vivid with God caring for His people. God is at work.. and no one can stop Him.
When God deals with us, we must learn to respond positively, however small His promptings may be. Hardening of hearts surely leads to failure and suffering. What is the message you get from God today? What is your response?
Respond: Make me sensitive, Lord, to see You at work and to co-operate with You in every way.
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