Post by Woody Williams on Jun 19, 2006 6:37:13 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Exodus 7:14-17, 20
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Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses
to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going
out to the water; stand by at the river bank to meet him, and take in
your hand the staff that was turned into a snake. Say to him, "The
Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, 'Let my people
go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness.' But until now you
have not listened. Thus says the Lord, 'By this you shall know that I
am the Lord.' See, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike
the water that is in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood.
Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded. In the sight of
Pharaoh and of his officials he lifted up the staff and struck the
water in the river, and all the water in the river was turned into
blood.
Devotional
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God is not adverse to demonstrating God's power over nature or using
nature to express his will. Moses becomes God's agent to effect
forces of nature to challenge Pharaoh on behalf of his people. God is
the creator of all that exists and all things that God has created
are subject to the Lord of Creation's purpose and will. This is not
the same thing as saying that every little breeze carries a little of
God nor does it imply that nature is God.
Prayer
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You are my Creator, O Lord, as well as the things of nature. I bless
you for your presence in my life. Amen
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Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses
to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going
out to the water; stand by at the river bank to meet him, and take in
your hand the staff that was turned into a snake. Say to him, "The
Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, 'Let my people
go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness.' But until now you
have not listened. Thus says the Lord, 'By this you shall know that I
am the Lord.' See, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike
the water that is in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood.
Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded. In the sight of
Pharaoh and of his officials he lifted up the staff and struck the
water in the river, and all the water in the river was turned into
blood.
Devotional
----------
God is not adverse to demonstrating God's power over nature or using
nature to express his will. Moses becomes God's agent to effect
forces of nature to challenge Pharaoh on behalf of his people. God is
the creator of all that exists and all things that God has created
are subject to the Lord of Creation's purpose and will. This is not
the same thing as saying that every little breeze carries a little of
God nor does it imply that nature is God.
Prayer
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You are my Creator, O Lord, as well as the things of nature. I bless
you for your presence in my life. Amen