Exodus 10

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Goshen had light....without God = nothing with God = everything.


This chapter can be summed up by saying, glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth.

The Lord finally just lays it on the table for Pharaoh in verse three "how long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?" more to the point when will you realize that even the highest earthly kings will have to humble themselves to the Lord? God does not care about our position in life, we are all the same....equal in the eyes of God. To borrow a line from Bob Dylan "you're gonna have to serve somebody" No matter your station in life you choose daily just who you will serve. That answer is often decide by how willing you are to humble yourself before God.

In Pharaoh we see the typical man drunk with power. He is not just letting his world crash around him. Pharaoh is letting his city fall to ruin over his foolish pride. Even with his advisors begging, his pride will not allow him to submit.....poor Pharaoh, he still thinks he might be in control! It is no surprise that while Egypt is in darkness, Goshen is in light. Egypt lost its fields, and it's livestock, yet Goshen still has theirs. It is quite easy to see that with God in your life everything is available. The Israelites, even though they are slaves to the Pharaoh, have a better life than Egypt. No matter your station in life, with God your life is complete, without him, you have nothing.

As you read through these plagues it is important to recognize the magnitude of them. It is not just a hail storm, it is hail larger than had ever been seen, it was not a swarm of flies, or locusts; it turned the sky dark, it covered the face of the land. The one that drives it home for me is the darkness, darkness that can be felt, pitch darkness. Have you ever found yourself in that type of darkness? I was in a cavern once, the lights were turned off while we were deep in the earth. It was pitch dark. You could not see your hand if it was an inch in front of your face. I could not imagine living in that for three days. I was in it for less than 3 min. and that was well long enough. Despair, loneliness, fear, a general feeling of being totally lost, with no hope. Those are the feelings of the Godless. That is the feeling of being in pitch darkness. Those emotions sum up the spiritual state of Pharaoh. Pride can hold many feelings at bay, it can also destroy you a little bit each day, until one day you wake up and see Pharaoh in the mirror. We all bend a knee to God for one reason or another, it is my hope that we all do it for His glory, in our humbleness is where we find His strength.


Peace,
Brian