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Monday... We can be so confused, but he knows what he is doing.


Exodus 8:32 (AMP), "But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and he did not let the people go."

Monday... We can be so confused, but he knows what he is doing.

Now we believe that God has the power to do whatever he wants. That is why we come to him when we are having great trouble but we of course don't see our life from his perspective.

I am reading through the book of Exodus in the Old Testament of the Bible. I am right now in the middle of all the plagues that God through Moses and Aaron sent to convince Pharaoh the leader of Egypt to let God's people who had become slaves to leave Egypt. But for Pharoah it meant that a great group of his slaves would leave and that was not a good thing for Egypt's economy.


Now maybe you have heard this story or seen the movie or even read the Bible so you know what happens at the Red Sea but here in the middle of the plagues we can be so confused. God brings a plague on Egypt and Pharaoh says that they can go and then when God answers Moses' prayer and takes away the plague then Exodus 8:32 (AMP) is an example of what happens, "But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and he did not let the people go." 

Here in chapter 8 there are the plagues of frogs and gnats (lice). Now before this the magicians of Egypt also had the power to do the plagues but in verse 19 it says, "Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, 'This is the [supernatural] finger of God.' But Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he would not listen to them. just as the Lord had said."

Yes, in our life we can be so confused. We know that God is super powerful and he can do anything he wants but we are confused why he doesn't take total control of our problem. Here is the point, yes God has the power but he also has a plan and he knows what he is doing.  

Zechariah 11:12 (NLT) tells of a future happening. It says, "And I said to them, 'If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.' So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver." He was prophesying of the priests giving to Judas money for him to turn Jesus into them so they could crucify him. Now God the Father could have stopped all of this from happening but he had a plan. Jesus, his Son had to die so he could be resurrected so we could be saved. 

Yes, we can be so confused about God not answering our prayers the way we want but God knows what he is doing. We just need to trust him. Hardening Pharaoh's heart brought about the parting of the Red Sea and his people walking on dry ground and Pharaoh's army being destroyed. And Judas betraying Jesus turned into Jesus being raised from the dead and becoming the sacrifice for our sins.  

We can be so confused but God knows what he is doing. Just trust him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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