Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Exodus chapter 9 verses 13 and 17-20:
13 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, and say to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: . . . 17You are still exalting yourself against my people, and will not let them go. 18Tomorrow at this time I will cause the heaviest hail to fall that has ever fallen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19Send, therefore, and have your livestock and everything that you have in the open field brought to a secure place; every human or animal that is in the open field and is not brought under shelter will die when the hail comes down upon them.” ’ 20Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried their slaves and livestock off to a secure place.
Not all the Egyptians believed the propaganda of Pharaoah; nor do all in Russia believe Putin’s.
Pray for those who are not “true believers”. They are in a terrible moral dilemma, with few real options. Public protest risks detention, imprisonment and the loss of livelihood. It is vexing. And the people suffer.
We are in the Passiontide and nearing Holy Week and the Passover. It was is holiday which commemorates the Exodus.
As we commemorate, we remember not only the Israelites, but also the Egyptians who suffered under Pharaoh.
And we pray for their deliverance too.
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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