Exodus 5-12

Loving Exodus as I go through it again.

5:9 - "Make the work harder for them so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies." In this case what Pharaoh calls a lie where the truths of God. How many times has that happened in your life, where you thought God might be speaking to you and the enemy just started piling it on so you were overwhelmed and distracted? The next time you feel like you are close to a God truth watch out for the extra work and stress and fight through it. The picture I get is a guy fighting through a pick or a screen in basketball. It hurts, but to fight through it you get to where you need to be.

5:20-21 - Pharaoh intentionally turned the people against their leaders. Be careful that our enemy doesn't do the same to us. Our leaders pay a high price for leading us and we have to guard our hearts against turning against them. While we should not blindly follow, we should lovingly trust and pray for them.

6:9 - "they did not listen because of their discouragement and harsh labor." Sometimes people just can't hear. Be patient. There are times we couldn't hear either.

Lots of plagues. Interesting if you don't know it, every plague that God performed was in direct confrontation to an Egyptian god.

12:36 - When God works slaves can plunder the mighty. Where do you need to hear that in your life?

12:41 - "to the very day" God delivered them 430 years later to the very day. God's timing is perfect. One man said God is sometimes early, but never late. Although it is hard to acknowledge sometimes, the timing of God is always exactly what we need. I can attest to that in my life as I have followed Jesus. It isn't always when I want it, but it has never been late.