Watchman: Daily Devotional, Things We Refuse to Hear the Lord Urge Us to Give Up Will Be Taken Away or Proved to Be Useless. What Will We Do When We Discover That the True Goddess We Have Worshiped Is Ourselves? Will We Turn Back Before Crossing That Line?
Exodus 7:16-17 16 Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. 17 This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.
Pharaoh's charge is that he will not listen to the LORD. God is constantly speaking throughout the world to set prisoners free. Are we paying attention, or are we just as guilty as Pharaoh? When we refuse to listen to God, that is, take Him seriously, He has resort to more harsh measures to obtain our attention. He refused to listen since he revered other gods. They are not really gods, but rather creations of the LORD. God proceeded to demonstrate to Pharaoh that only Jehovah is God.
The Nile was Egypt's most worshipped god. It was the first to be infected by the plague. Each plague struck something sacred to the Egyptians. When you read the account, you'll note that Pharaoh hardened his heart throughout the early plagues. Despite God's demonstration that Pharaoh's gods are worthless, he refused to listen to God's word. God hardened his heart around midway through the plagues. Pharaoh had ample evidence that the LORD is God, but he refused to accept it. Now it is clear who Pharaoh worships. Pharaoh himself has appeared.
Things we refuse to hear the LORD urge us to give up will be taken away or proved to be useless. What will we do when we discover that the true deity we have worshiped is ourselves? Will we turn back before crossing that line?
Today is the day to hear God. Take everything He says to you to heart.
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