One More Night With The Frogs – Christian Devotional – 1/29/10

by Pastor Larry Thompson at mygodsightings.com

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, “Plead with the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord.” ⁹ “You set the time!” Moses replied. “Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and your people. Then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs. They will remain only in the Nile River.” ¹⁰ “Do it tomorrow,” Pharaoh said. “All right,” Moses replied, “it will be as you have said. Then you will know that there is no one like the Lord our God. ¹¹ The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials, and your people. They will remain only in the Nile River.” Exodus 8:8-11 (NLT)

C. Northcote Parkinson said: “Delay is the most deadly form of denial.”

Today’s Bible study is one of the most confusing passages of Scripture I know. God, through the leadership of Moses, has sent yet another plague to Egypt and the palace of Pharaoh. This time it is frogs and the slimy little green things are everywhere! Moses stands before the leader of Egypt and said, “If you just let God’s people go then I will pray and ask God to remove the frogs from your land.” Pharaoh tells Moses, “Yes, please remove the frogs.”

Now the moment of truth: Moses says, “Just tell me when you want to get rid of the frogs and I will pray and God will remove them.”

And here is Pharaoh’s unbelievable answer. Pharaoh said,

“Tomorrow!”

I have never been able to figure this guy’s response! He has frogs in his food, frogs in his bed, frogs in his clothes, frogs everywhere, and God was ready to remove the frogs instantly. The decision was up to Pharaoh. But when given the choice, he said, “Tomorrow!”

It was as though he was saying,

“Moses, could you just give me one more night with the frogs.”

How could he possibly have chosen one more night with those frogs? It was a very strange decision on Pharaoh’s part. However, before we pass judgment on Pharaoh and assign him to the psychiatric ward for observation…let me ask this question:

“What are you doing about the frogs in your life?”

We all have “frogs” in our life. I’m talking about the frogs of troubles, doubt, burdens, suffering, sickness, sorrow, perplexities, disappointments and heartaches. These are the frogs you always say you need to deal with and yet they remain a continual part of your life. They are a constant source of harassment.

Just as Moses was sent by God to deal with the frogs in Pharaoh’s life, so also was Jesus was sent by God to deal with the frog situation in our lives. God is standing by today as you read His word. He is ready to remove the frogs that that are causing so much turmoil in your life.