1.29.8 "When Do You Want to Be Free?"

"When Do You Want to Be Free?"

Exodus 8:1-9:35
Matthew 19:13-30
Psalm 24:1-10
Proverbs 6:1-5

The fear of the unknown can be paralyzing. I've read that individuals will choose to remain in a miserable state rather than risk the unknown of change. This happens with believers as well. Often God's people are in bondage because they don't realize they don't have to be. Jesus has paid the price, and we can BE FREE!

I've always been perplexed by the hardness of Pharoah's heart. Plague after plague, he would refuse to follow through on a promise to let God's people go. There is one particular instance doesn't make any sense at all.

It's the plague of frogs. Frogs are EVERYWHERE. in the kitchen in the beds, in the food... (on a side note, a friend of mine commented about the magicians who also brought frogs out of the river: "What were they thinking by adding more frogs!?) :)

"Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, 'Plead with God to take the frogs away, and I will let the people go and sacrifice to him.'" Ex. 8:8

It's the next part that I find interesting. Moses asks him when he wants the frogs to go. Pharoah's answer: "Do it tomorrow."

To me that sounds just stupid. Why in the world would he want another minute of this pestilence?

What caught my attention is how this is an example of someone who delays getting right with God. The Spirit draws us to him, and shines his light on sin, and we know we need to lay it down. So often, though, we delay the surrender. The problem is we like the sin. There can be a false sense of comfort in the bondage of sins grip. When do you want to be free? Tomorrow? Why not today?

Jesus brought me out of Egypt. Now it's my job to get Egypt out of me. I need to be free today. Anything that could hold me back from his presence must be immediately surrendered to him. My passion and fear of the Lord must be of the intensity to allow no delay. We need to "seize the potential of the present."

Be Free TODAY!

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