The book of Exodus is a great example of how God can do any ol’ thing He wants to. There are some example of the crazy, unimaginable things that God did to Pharaoh in the first several chapters of Exodus.
Talk to Moses with a burning bush that doesn’t burn to a crisp
Turn a staff into a serpent
Make Moses’ hand leprous and then heal it again
Turn the whole Nile river water to blood-yikes!
Many more to come in the following chapters!
Now, this was all done to get either Moses’ attention or to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. You have to admit that God is very creative, we most certainly saw this in Genesis. But, Exodus just shows us that God can use His very creation to do whatever He pleases with it.
This got me thinking about how we don’t always think about how creative our LORD is and we most always put God in a box. Part of it is that we have human, finite brains that, in reality, can’t truly comprehend the awesomeness of God. The other part of it is, that maybe we just don’t believe that God can do crazy things! We just don’t think to ask Him for these things because it doesn’t occur to us that He actually can do the impossible.
As we see in Exodus 7, Pharaoh learned his lesson of not believing Moses when he said the LORD would turn the water into blood. Actually the upcoming chapters describe many of these incidents. You would think the Pharaoh would get a clue after the blood incident.
The key here is that it says Pharaoh’s heart was hardened(Exodus 7:13) Often times, when our heart is hardened to believing God, our mind is shut off to believing that God can do the unimaginable. The heart is the culprit-if it is not in the right place, you WILL miss out on seeing and experiencing amazing things of God.
Don’t let your heart be hardened. The world around us is a tough place, it is easy to get caught up in it and find yourself cynical. Don’t fall into that trap. God wants nothing more than to show you His greatness and to have you praise Him for it. Open your heart, then your mind to see what kind of crazy things He has in store.
LIVE IT OUT! application:
Make a list of things you have seen in your own life or the lives of others that just amaze you at God’s power. Let this be a reminder on the days that your heart is hardened and you just don’t feel like believing.