Scripture: Exodus 8:9 "And Moses said to Pharaoh, "Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people to destroy the frogs from you and from your houses, that they may remain in the river only."Observation: God did everything that he could have to prove to Pharaoh, and everyone else observing, that he has all power.
He also proved the extent to which people are rebellious and selfish. Pharaoh was given a chance to say, "Take the frogs from my people now!" but instead he tried to test Moses and God by waiting until the next day.
This situation also proved the blindness of the lost. They do not want to see, but they also cannot see the truth of God (1 Cor. 2:13, 14). Everyone had ample evidence to repent and turn to God. Israel should not have needed to leave Egypt. The Egyptians should have become Israelites! They were willing to spend decades building shrine after shrine to the gods that they had imagined or invented, but they refused to surrender themselves to the God who was proving his existence and power before their eyes. No, the Egyptians (some anyway... see 9:19-21) remained in rebellion.
Application: Don't witness to the lost of the greatness of God and the hope that he brings because all will respond. Do it because I have been told to do so and because I don't know who will respond! That is God's decision. Mine is to glorify him
. If I will not glorify him, then what use am I to God now? Do I want to be a demonstration of his wrath or his goodness?
Prayer: Father, thank you for revealing your great power to me. Teach me to herald it. Make me an ever-speaking witness. Keep me always on mission; the stakes are too high to not be. I love you. Amen.
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