Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 10: 1-2
MEDITATION
Exodus 10:1-2
1Now the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, that I may show these signs of Mine before him,
2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The LORD’s instructions to Moses
a. He is to speak to Pharaoh.
b. Moses must not however expect him to respond because he had a hardened heart.
2. Understanding the hardening of the heart
a. Pharaoh began with a hardened heart.
b. He continued to harden his heart.
c. The heart became further hardened:
i. Because he had chosen to harden his heart.
ii. His heart resorted to cunning and deceit.
iii. He kept breaking his promises.
iv. All these things made his heart hardened further.
d. When God said He would harden his heart:
i. He will allow his heart to remain hardened.
ii. He will not soften his heart.
iii. God is not making a soft heart harden.
iv. He was already dealing with a hardened heart.
3. God’s purpose revealed
a. The hardened heart of Pharaoh and his servants would have consequences.
b. God would judge Pharaoh and Egypt.
c. His judgments would display His power.
d. The plagues are in fact God’s signs to everyone that He is indeed LORD.
e. These mighty signs would be taught to the generations to come.
i. The children of Israel are to teach their children about God.
ii. They are to learn how to have the right regard for the LORD.
经文:出埃及记 10:1-2
沉思
《出埃及记 10:1-2》
1耶和华对摩西说:“你进去见法老。我使他和他臣仆的心刚硬,为要在他们中间显我这些神迹,2 并要叫你将我向埃及人所做的事,和在他们中间所行的神迹,传于你儿子和你孙子的耳中,好叫你们知道我是耶和华。”