Saturday, October 22, 2005

Life Doesn't Start Tomorrow

Let me set the scene for you...the Israelites have been in slavery to the Egyptians for about 400 years. Along comes Moses & Aaron and God uses them to rescue the Israelites. God sends plagues on the Egyptians to make them let His people go. First was the plague of blood, turning all the water to blood. Then came the plague of frogs. Hundreds and thousands of frogs came up out of the river and invaded the land. They were absolutely everywhere and on absolutely everything...even the people!
So Pharaoh gets sick of it, he caves in, and that's where this passage picks up:

Exodus 8:8-10 NLT
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 the people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord."
"You set the time!" Moses replied. "Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and your people. I will pray that you and your houses will be rid of the frogs. Then only the frogs in he Nile River will remain alive."
"Do it tomorrow," Pharaoh said.

Do it tomorrow? What the...?! Is this guy crazy? He's inundated, overwhelmed, covered in frogs...but he's willing to live with them for one more night? Pharaoh clearly didn't realise that life doesn't start tomorrow.

How often do we make that mistake? We're willing to keep on living our mediocre lives and we keep saying...I'll do it tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll get right with God. Tomorrow I'll get serious about my faith. Tomorrow I'll be passionate and fired up for Jesus. Tomorrow I'll start telling my friends about the Hope I have in Christ. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

Life doesn't start tomorrow! Why are we so much like Pharaoh and we're willing to put up with crap rather than sort things out today?! Life starts today!

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