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Lessons for Today - Part 4
Exodus 8:20-24
03/07/2024
20 Then the LORD said to Moses, ``Rise up early in
the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he
goes out to the water, and say to him, `Thus says
the LORD, ``Let my people go, that they may serve
me.
21 Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold,
I will send swarms of flies on you and your
servants and your people, and into your houses.
And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled
with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which
they stand.
22 But on that day I will set apart the land of
Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms
of flies shall be there, that you may know that I
am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
23 Thus I will put a division between my people and
your people. Tomorrow this sign shall
happen.'' ' ''
24 And the LORD did so. There came great swarms of
flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his
servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt
the land was ruined by the swarms of flies. (ESV)
In the fourth plague, God set His chosen people apart from
the Egyptians.
Then the LORD said to Moses, ``Rise up early in the
morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out
to the water, and say to him, `Thus says the LORD,
``Let my people go, that they may serve me. Or else,
if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send
swarms of flies on you and your servants and your
people, and into your houses. And the houses of the
Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and
also the ground on which they stand. But on that day I
will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people
dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that
you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the
earth. Thus I will put a division between my people
and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall
happen.'' ' '' And the LORD did so. There came great
swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his
servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the
land was ruined by the swarms of flies.
Are Christians always exempt from the tragedies which
afflict the world? Of course not. But, living by trusting in
God's promises, Christians are often able to overcome the
problems and difficulties in ways those who reject God cannot.
We have the sure and certain hope of God's rich grace, that He
fulfills His promises even when all seems hopeless.
May our Lord grant us faith that we trust in Him always,
that we call upon Him in the day of trouble. Amen.