the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 10:1-11
"I have sinned", Pharaoh admits (Exodus 9:27) — Is it a true repentance? No; as soon as the hail has ceased, he continues to sin (Exodus 9:34), and he deliberately hardens his heart. But from that time onwards it is the LORD who hardens his heart (v. 1). How very solemn! God speaks once, twice, (Job 33:14) and even more times. Then one day it is too late. Reader, how many times has God spoken to you?
Now we have the locusts which threaten the land of Egypt, already ruined; Joseph had saved the land: Pharaoh is ruining it. In the same way Satan leads the world on to its ultimate disaster.
Now a new suggestion is put to Moses: the adults alone shall go out to hold the feast. The little children will remain in the land. This is the way in which Satan strives to keep his hold on souls through natural affections and family ties. But read again the grand and impressive reply of Moses in v. 9. No member of the family of faith, however small he may be, is to remain in the power of the Enemy. Do not think, dear young friends, that Christianity is only the concern of your parents. The Christian house forms an entity, and that is why you are asked to follow its principles, to conform to its customs and to its abstentions, even if you have not yet fully understood personally why they are good and necessary.
