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As has been the case for the last number of days, the 'Remember Lot's Wife" topic has been on my mind.
In my quiet time this morning, the Lord reminded me of Israel when they were in bondage in Egypt.
The Lord came along, in the fullness of time, and delivered them...but in such a grand way, that it HAD to
be breath-taking - and that is an understatement!
They saw 10 horrid plagues, sent by the hand of God, afflict the Egyptians - but they were wonderfully
kept from those same plagues!
They saw God leading them out to the Red Sea...and then the Lord opening up the sea that they might
pass through on dry ground!
They saw the Egyptian army swallowed up in the same sea that they easily maneuvered THROUGH.
As they progressed on their journey, they saw the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire, leading them
and guiding and protecting them.
What an experience!
One would think that they would be wholly devoted to such a great, kind, loving, faithful, powerful God and
Savior, with hearts that longed after Him, and were willing to follow Him wherever He would lead.
But no.
They had an inclination.....BACKWARD!
Several times the Bible tells us that they were longing for EGYPT, and hankering after 'the way it was' there, especially the PHYSICAL pleasure ofFOOD...even if it meant to HAVE that food, they would be slaves!!
SUCH is the POWER of our corrupt nature! Those inner 'passions', our inclinations and desires
of our flesh war against the spirit, and draw us BACKWARD. We must, by God's grace and Spirit, RULE OVER
those inclinations and FACE FORWARD towards OUR promised land!
Hebrews 10:38,39 comes to my mind:
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Let us set our faces to our heavenly Jerusalem, and by God's grace, reach our Promised Land! Amen!
In my quiet time this morning, the Lord reminded me of Israel when they were in bondage in Egypt.
The Lord came along, in the fullness of time, and delivered them...but in such a grand way, that it HAD to
be breath-taking - and that is an understatement!
They saw 10 horrid plagues, sent by the hand of God, afflict the Egyptians - but they were wonderfully
kept from those same plagues!
They saw God leading them out to the Red Sea...and then the Lord opening up the sea that they might
pass through on dry ground!
They saw the Egyptian army swallowed up in the same sea that they easily maneuvered THROUGH.
As they progressed on their journey, they saw the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire, leading them
and guiding and protecting them.
What an experience!
One would think that they would be wholly devoted to such a great, kind, loving, faithful, powerful God and
Savior, with hearts that longed after Him, and were willing to follow Him wherever He would lead.
But no.
They had an inclination.....BACKWARD!
Several times the Bible tells us that they were longing for EGYPT, and hankering after 'the way it was' there, especially the PHYSICAL pleasure ofFOOD...even if it meant to HAVE that food, they would be slaves!!
SUCH is the POWER of our corrupt nature! Those inner 'passions', our inclinations and desires
of our flesh war against the spirit, and draw us BACKWARD. We must, by God's grace and Spirit, RULE OVER
those inclinations and FACE FORWARD towards OUR promised land!
Hebrews 10:38,39 comes to my mind:
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Let us set our faces to our heavenly Jerusalem, and by God's grace, reach our Promised Land! Amen!
Blessings!
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