The First Born

I had the privilege of teaching the children's Sunday School lesson today at church. It was my responsibility to teach about the 10 plagues that God brought on Pharaoh and the Egyptians after Moses' famous plea of "Let my people Go."

Moses had one simple request... "Let my people go so that we may go and serve and worship the Lord our God."

Get in God's way of His children worshiping and serving Him and there will be consequences.

God went to great lengths to demonstrate how far He will go if you keep His children from worshiping Him.

The plagues are just that - decimating plagues that crippled the Egyptians, their economy and ultimately their families.

One after another here they came...
1. Water turned to blood
2. Leaping frogs everywhere
3. Gnats that make us itch and scratch
4. Fly festation
5. All the cows die
6. The very painful "boils" covering everyone's body
7. Hail raining down on the people, the houses, the crops
8. Whatever was left the Locusts ate.
9. Darkness blankets the earth
10. This is the one that cuts to the core. The first born of all families and livestock willl die at midnight...

Something hit me today that had never crossed by mind before...

It was the death of his firstborn that finally changed the stubborn mind of Pharaoh to let the people go in freedom...

It was the death of God's only son that paved the way to change the stubborn mind of the world to let itself move toward freedom in Christ.

Once again, in comparison, God goes to the greatest lengths to make it possible for His people to be free and to go home!

What lengths does God need to go with us to change our stubborn mind so that we may be set free to follow Him fully?

"For freedom Christ has set us free." (Galatians 5. 1)

And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!