We may never fully understand God, but full knowledge isn’t necessary in order to have a close connection with Him. Just when we think we got God “figured out”, we learn more about/from Him. Take for example the Exodus. Why didn’t God just destroy the Egyptians, like He did to Sodom and Gomorrah? Why did He produce 10 plagues on them knowing that 9 of them wouldn’t change Pharaoh’s mind to let them go? Why did He concede and use both Aaron and Moses to do the job that Moses should’ve done by himself? The answers are all part of His plan. And that always has to do with showing people His glory and power. God gives us an answer to the first question in today’s passage. He didn’t immediately destroy Egypt because He was using them for His purpose of displaying His power and spreading His fame throughout the earth. God allowed the wickedness and harsh treatment of the Israelites by the Egyptians to show the world Who is in control (it wasn’t Pharaoh). He used the 10 plagues (9 of them) to show the Egyptians that the 9 gods they worshipped didn’t stand up to El Shaddai (God Himself). He used both Aaron and Moses to be His priest and prophet to carry out His plan. We may never know everything about God, but that shouldn’t stop us from pursuing the Reason for our existence. The more we learn about God, the closer we become to Him. And that means the closer we come to fully being who we are meant to become, sanctified, like Jesus.
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let My people go, so they can worship Me. 14 If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 15 By now I could have lifted My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the face of the earth. 16 But I have spared you for a purpose–to show you My power and to spread My fame throughout the earth.
Exodus 9:13-16
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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