The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. – Exodus 15:2 (NIV)
Praise God.
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The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still. – Exodus 14:11-12 (NIV)
So much of God’s work goes undone because we will not be still and listen. God will fight for us, he will nourish us, he will comfort us, he will heal us, he will save us. We just need to be still and KNOW that he is God.
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7 Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
Back in April of 2007 I wrote in my personal blog (http://itwastaken.com/blog) about Bedikat Chametz, the Jewish right similar to spring cleaning. It caused me to start thinking again about my life. It’s not enough to just get rid of the big things that hinder your life. But sometimes you need to go through your own personal inventory and get rid of everything that does not belong.
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On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat—that is all you may do. – Exodus 12:16 (NIV)
600,000 men, along with the women and children it must have been about 2,500,000 people on the move along with all of their flocks. There is a reference again about asking the Egyptians for gold and silver before they leave. “The LORD had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.” Sounds like the Egyptians were more than ready for the Israelites to leave, and were willing to give them anything they asked for, just to get them to leave.
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All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh. – Exodus 11-8 (NIV)
Sounds like Moses has had enough. He know that its going to get ugly soon. The frustration and knowledge of senseless death are mounting. His faith tells him that if Pharaoh would only listen that none of this would have to happen, but all to well he knows that there is no way Pharaoh will come through. Stubbornness may be the greatest sin of all.
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Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.” – Exodus 10:24 (NIV)
Once again Pharaoh admits his sin, only to recount once things got better. True healing cannot happen until the pain exceeds the fear of change.
Pharaoh finally agrees to let the people go, and Moses says he wants the animals too. Pharaoh has flipped-flopped so many times on what he promises Moses that Moses must have figured he had nothing to lose by negotiating.
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When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. – Exodus 9:34 (NIV)
Once again, the trouble passes and God is forgotten. We change our ways to get out of trouble, not to keep from sinning. It should be the other way around. Try to quit sinning, and your troubles will be less. Put your trust in God an your trouble will be irrelevant. God does not promise us a life without its issues, but he does promise that he will always be there with us.
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Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, and the LORD did what Moses asked: The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go. – Exodus 8:30-32 (NIV)
At first glance you may look at Pharaoh and say “How stubborn”. But on second thought how many times have we done this same thing. We let God into our hearts and lives when we have trouble and then boot him out as soon as things get better. We call out in strife, and then sing our own praises in victory. Paul prayed that his pain would be gone, but only if it would not keep him from God. When we pray to be close to God, sometimes the only way to achieve that is to keep us in a little strife so that we will keep calling to him, praying constantly.
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And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.” – Exodus 7:5 (NIV)
These two guys walk into a palace and say “Let my people go”…
Do you wonder what Pharaoh was thinking when Moses and Aaron first showed up? If not for the staff into snake thing both would have been executed on the spot. With each new plague Pharaoh had to be getting concerned. Sure, his magicians could keep up for a little while, but the frogs where more than they could handle. Pharaoh had to questioning what was really happening.
On the other side you have the Israelites. The had been toiling for years, suffering under Pharaoh’s hand. Now, the guy who was once thought to be an Egyptian shows up and starts demanding their release. With each new demand, comes more work for them as well as plagues.
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“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’ ”
Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage. – Exodus 6:6-9 (NIV)
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