DAY 29 Read Exodus 6 through 8.
Today's reading: The preliminary success of Egyptian magicians in counterfeiting the signs of Moses and Aaron performed encouraged Pharaoh to resist. Soon, however, the magicians were forced to admit their inability to cope with God's power.
Memory gem: "The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness" (Exodus 7:16).
Thought for today:
There have been times in history when even doubters and opponents of God have to admit something beyond their own knowledge. When Egypt was smitten by an ancient plague, the scientific brain trust of that time explained it all away until they finally came to a place where they could go no further. Facts were too much for them. No longer could they explain them away as magic. "Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God" (Exodus 8:19).
One can think of a dozen places in history where the whole world would have been different had men acted differently. When asked by a news correspondent why the Italians were unsuccessful in landing on the Isle of Malta, Lt. Gen. Sir William Dobbie replied, "I believe it was God."
Why did Hitler not cross the English Channel when the way was open? Why did Napoleon lose the Battle of Waterloo? And so we continue to ask, on and on. It is, as the poet declared:
Behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.
----James Russell Lowell
Today's reading: The preliminary success of Egyptian magicians in counterfeiting the signs of Moses and Aaron performed encouraged Pharaoh to resist. Soon, however, the magicians were forced to admit their inability to cope with God's power.
Memory gem: "The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness" (Exodus 7:16).
Thought for today:
There have been times in history when even doubters and opponents of God have to admit something beyond their own knowledge. When Egypt was smitten by an ancient plague, the scientific brain trust of that time explained it all away until they finally came to a place where they could go no further. Facts were too much for them. No longer could they explain them away as magic. "Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God" (Exodus 8:19).
One can think of a dozen places in history where the whole world would have been different had men acted differently. When asked by a news correspondent why the Italians were unsuccessful in landing on the Isle of Malta, Lt. Gen. Sir William Dobbie replied, "I believe it was God."
Why did Hitler not cross the English Channel when the way was open? Why did Napoleon lose the Battle of Waterloo? And so we continue to ask, on and on. It is, as the poet declared:
Behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.
----James Russell Lowell
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