A Morning
Devotion
From Bro. Bob
Exodus 6:28-8:7
Dear Family of
God:
I have often
taught on the subject of sinning away your day
of Grace. That is what I beleive God's word
teaches is that you deny the Holy Spirit, you go
against what the Holy Spirit says so many times
that after a while...we don't know when or how
much time...that really isn't up to us, the Holy
Spirit just ups and quits fooling with you. This
can be for one not being saved. The Holy Spirit
convicts and convicts and convicts and the
person goes to church and walks out of church
and goes to church and walks out of church...and
they never respond to the Holy Spirit except to
deny Him. And finally the Holy Spirit quits
convicting. And the lost is lost, doomed to
hell's fire.
For the saved
person this hearing that 'still small voice' is
that voice telling us to be nicer than we want
to be, or telling us to go witnessness to our
friend, or to be at church everytime the door is
open, or to go on that mission trip or to
encourage that one going through depression..
The first time the Holy Spirit speaks...the
voice is loud and clear and yet you do not
respond...and the next time the Holy Spirit
speaks you can't hear Him quite as clear, and
you don't respond...and you... know after a
while you can't hear Him at all. Does this cause
a loss in one's salvation? No, but your intimate
relationship with the Savior has passed you by.
Today in this
study we see this happening to the greatest man
in Egypt. The Lord is talking to him in some of
the most astounding manners possible and yet the
Bible states...And the Pharaoh hardened his
heart. What did he do? He hardened his own
heart to even hearing from God. Moses and Aaron
did all God instructed them to do...all of the
fresh water from the Nile was turned to curdled
blood...and the fish in the bloody water all
died...and then Moses and Aaron once again
pleading with Pharaoh...let God's people
go...and then frogs were everywhere...and the
Pharoah hardened his heart still.
On a beautiful
morning like this we have a hard time thinking
how we could ever say no to God. Especially if
He performed such miracles to bring glory to Him
and to convine us to obey. Why, if God walked in
and told me to jump out of my window in my
study...I would do it...I would trust and know
whatever happened would be the best for me...but
then the Pharaoh...a task master of task
masters...didn't want to allow the Hebrew
children go to the desert to worship their God.
And He hardened
His heart...
What is the Holy
Spirit speaking to you today concerning your
obedience? Is His voice getting stronger or
weaker. Are you willing...are you following Him?
In Jesus' Care,
Always,
Bro. Bob
