I will explore Pharoah today.
It struck me more this year than in years past just how much our society is like Pharoah.
Have you ever known people who were in a hard time and wanted people to pray for them, yet when things got better they forgot all about God and went back to living as if God didn't exist?
I have seen that a lot.
When God sent the plagues on Egypt, He did so to prove He was the one TRUE God. Egypt worshiped many idols and God sent each plague against each one of the gods that the Egyptians worshiped.
The first two plagues, water to blood and frogs, Pharoah's wisemen were also able to re-create. However, from the third plague of lice all the way to the tenth plague of the first-born child being killed, Pharoah's wisemen were not able to be re-create them. God was showing He was in control.
I have found it interesting how Pharoah hardened his own heart during the first few plagues. As the plagues continued to come he asked Moses and Aaron to pray to the Lord for the plague to stop. As soon as the plague stopped his heart was hardened again and he didn't let the Israelites go.
There are many people out there today that are just like Pharoah. They want the "bad" things to end and ask for people to pray, but when it is over and the "pain" of their circumstance is gone, their hearts are hardened and they forget what God has done. Some people only want the prayers to get out of the trouble, but don't want the daily relationship with the Lord to live a life pleasing to Him.
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