Date: Wednesday, 13th August, 2025
Text: Exodus 9:1-6
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Everything God does is for a specific purpose. If he has blessed you; you are meant to use it for his glory. If he has given you beauty like he did to Esther, it is not by chance or by mistake, he has done it for a purpose. In the case of Esther, the Queen, God favoured her with beauty so that she can be strategically placed in a position to save Israel from annihilation.
Many of us miss out on God because we do not key into His plan and purpose for our lives and it is obvious from the way we live our lives. There is a saying that when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable. The word of God says where there is no vision the people perish; another version says where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint- Proverbs 28:19.
When the children of Israel were under the oppression and bondage of their taskmasters, they cried to God for deliverance. God answered and sent them a deliverer in the person of the prophet Moses.
The Almighty God spoke to Moses saying, “Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.” Exodus 9:1. Take note of the last clause, “That they may serve me.” The basis for their release was that they should use their freedom to serve the Lord, not themselves.
The terms and conditions of their deliverance was that they will serve the Lord and not idols. They would continue to enjoy their freedom as long as they kept to these terms.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t keep to the terms as they eventually backslid into idol worship. In the book of Jeremiah we saw how the Lord warned them to repent again and again but they didn’t. Finally, they fell out of favour with God and they lost their freedom. They eventually went into a compulsory 70-year captivity in the land of their enemies- Jeremiah 25 & 52.
Have you been delivered from satanic bondage? Do you wish to remain free? Then, spend your freedom serving the Lord because you are saved to serve.
Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for the grace to remain faithful in serving your purpose and plans for my life Jesus name.
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