PROCLAMATION
“And
The Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ‘When Pharaoh shall speak
unto you, saying, ‘Show a miracle for you;’ then thou shall say unto Aaron,
‘Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.’
” Exodus 7:8-9 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are the words of
God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the influence of The Holy
Spirit of God. After Moses spoke to The Lord God and said that he had
made things worse for the people (Exodus 5:22-23) and God gave him a message
for the people (Exodus 6:1-8) but the people would not listen to Moses. (Exodus
6:9) Then He told Moses and Aaron to go back to Pharaoh, and Moses
questioned Him by asking, if the people will not listen to me why should
Pharaoh listen to me? (Exodus 6:28-30) Then The Lord God said, ‘I
have made thee a god to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
(Exodus 7:1) He said that He would harden Pharaoh’s heart and even
after multiple signs he will not let the people go. But eventually
the Egyptians will know that He is The Lord God and will let the people go.
(Exodus 7:2-5) Moses and Aaron did as God had told them to do, and
yet Pharaoh would not listen to them. (Exodus 7:6-25)
APPLICATION
The staff of Moses
became a snake and consumed the staffs of Pharaoh’s officials which had also
become snakes. (Exodus 7:10-12) Later Moses used his staff to turn
the Nile River into blood. (Exodus 7:20-21) Moses believed
and he used his staff to perform miracles. Sometimes we feel that because
we don’t have much that we can’t do very much. However, The Lord God has
given each of us a gift. (1 Corinthians 7:7; 2 Timothy 1:6; and 1 Peter
4:10) The Holy Spirit of God has given every man a gift (1 Corinthians
12:7-12) so that we can work within the body of Christ. We just need to
use what we have been given to do what The Lord God has for us to do. If,
by chance, you are unaware of your gift, pray and ask God to reveal it to you,
and to give you the courage to use it to His glory. All that we do should be done to the glory of
God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
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