Today, I am reading and commenting on  Exodus 7-9.

We can learn an important lesson from Pharaoh.  Time and again Pharaoh refused to acknowledge God’s power and to do as God commanded.  Each time he did so, it became harder for him to reverse direction and obey God.  The same thing will happen with us.  At several points, Pharaoh agreed to do what God commanded in order to get the suffering to stop, but when the suffering stopped he changed his mind.  Another behavior which we often follow.  We bargain with God, then fail to follow through on what we agreed to do when the suffering stops.  God brings trials and tribulations into our lives in order to direct us into the path we should follow.  Those trials and tribulations will get progressively more severe until we do as God directs.  The one thing we do not see in this passage that is generally true, God gives us this direction in order for us to be better off.  Unfortunately, we do not see the benefit Pharaoh would have reaped had he allowed the Israelites to go when Moses first asked.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.