Do you currently feel like you are being pursued by the enemy? Like things were finally going well, and then the destroyer set his sights on you? Maybe it is a temptation that you are fleeing, or a scary diagnosis. Perhaps the enemy has incited someone against you and you don’t know why. Don’t panic, but rather lift your eyes up to the One who can deliver you.

God gave Pharaoh TEN chances to let His people go. The chances came in the form of requests and punishments for denying the requests. Ten times God, through Moses, asked for their release. Each time Pharaoh denied them, the Egyptians would suffer a plague. One interesting thing to note is that the plagues all depicted different Egyptian gods. God used Pharaoh’s hard heart to display His power over all false gods. 

Moses had already lived a unique life. Born during terrible persecution, he was hidden as a baby to escape the murderous plans of Pharaoh. In an amazing twist, baby Moses was discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter and adopted. He grew up in the household of the man who had tried to kill him! As he became an adult, however, it became clearer that he did not belong in that Egyptian palace. Moses had seen the further persecution of his own people. He tried to take matters into his own hands, and ended up killing an Egyptian and fleeing to escape the punishment. This is when things slowed down. For the next few decades Moses tended sheep. He had a small family and a quiet life up until the point that God appeared to him in a burning bush! Suddenly, everything was going to change again.

We have come to the end where Job got what he seemingly earned because of his faith; happy ending! Did you happen to catch, however, the thing that Job had to do first? God told Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar that they had to have Job pray for them.

Have you ever been in an argument and, at a specific point in the argument, realized you were wrong? I have, too many times, usually with my wife! How do you respond? Typically, instead of admitting I’m wrong, I continue arguing in prideful stupidity.