Passage
Exodus 8:1- 19 (ESV)
The Church in Antioch
Acts 11:19-30
Key Verse: 11:26
No One Like the Lord...surrender to Him
Date: Sep. 12, 2015
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 8:9b
First, there is no one like the Lord (1-15). The second act of judgment was the plague of frogs. Pharaoh's heart was still hard. Yet God confronted him with the truth that he must let the Hebrews go. Aaron again stretched out his staff, and frogs filled the land. This plague was directed at the frog god of Egypt, Heqet. The frog was worshipped as a symbol of fertility. Pharaohs' inability to control the frogs proved that he was not a god as he claimed to be. He was vulnerable, an ordinary man with a stubborn heart who needed ask for God's mercy for him, his people and his land.
Second, God is leading us to the point of surrender (16-19). The continued, hardened heart of Pharaoh was answered by a plague of gnats. Even animals were suffering. The magicians surrendered to God saying, "This is the finger of God." They were on their way to having a personal encounter with the God of the Bible.
Prayer: Lord, on my own I would just follow the stubbornness of my own heart. But thank you for working so that I could listen to your word and acknowledge your mighty work.
One Word: This is the finger of God
