FAITH CAPSULE: God is forever and He is worthy to be feared.
Exodus 9
Knowledge about God is not same as knowing God. Very few live life as those who know about God while few live life as those who know God. Do you know about God or you actually know God? To know God is to fear God. Knowing God will always energize those who truly know Him as God in the journey of life. That being said, among the most interesting identity of God which should always be a resounding guide is the fact that God will always use foolish things to put to shame the wise. It is written, “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.” (1 Corinthians 1:27-29) This is exactly the same God yesterday, today and tomorrow. God has not changed and He will not change. There is nothing like living a humble life where pride, arrogance and pomposity cannot be traced in one’s identity. As a believer, whatever power is in your possession, no matter what you have become today, let the fear and the operation of God’s hand have a place in your life.
Pharaoh was exposed to multiple signs and wonders which were enough for him to lower his pride, but he failed. God indeed hardened his heart, but his journey of life is for our learning to understand that when a call for change knocks on the door of our heart, we should not be foolish to not answer. Can you imagine what scattering handfuls of ashes from a furnace towards heaven would mean to a powerful king like Pharaoh? Surely it must have been a joke. God’s operation was not a joke when He said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh. And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 9:8-9) Great is our God and He is greatly to be feared. God is beautiful for situations. God alone is the Unchanging Changer. Our God is the same God yesterday, today and tomorrow. God is forever and He is worthy to be feared.
Prayer for today: k for the fear of God to overwhelm you all the days of living life.