Sun.'s Devo - The Harvest

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The plagues of Egypt was a showdown between the gods of Egypt and and the God of Israel. Pharaoh refused to see the sign of the rods of his enchanters being swallowed up by Aaron’s rod but I bet the enchanters understood it. You can tell a person not to take drugs and what the consequences will be, but he has to have a heart to understand. God hardened Pharaohs which means that what was in his heart he just gave him the resolve to be obstinate and not cave. God knew his heart was evil and would never be His. God’s desire was to punish the nation of Egypt for all the years they had oppressed his people. He wanted to spoil the land and deliver his people which was exactly what He did.
For many of us, the devil has been oppressing us mentally, spiritually, financially, and physically. We need to turn the tables. We need to command the devil to give us back everything he stole from us with interest. Jesus is our Kinsman Redeemer. Redeem means to get back what has been stolen.
On the forth plague, God made a distinction between the land of Egypt and the land of Goshen where the Israelites lived. On the forth day God hung the Sun, Moon and stars to declare rule and reign over the heavenly realm. In the forth millennium, Jesus came to earth to establish authority over death and proclaim salvation had come. The forth plague was the flies and Beezebub means “Lord of the Flies”. It is as if God was drawing a dividing line and saying to the devil: Egypt is your kingdom and Goshen is mine. That is exactly what Jesus blood is. It is the dividing line between those who are evil and those who are saved.
The plagues hit every harvest. The devil has always been after the harvest of souls and so has God. God totally ruined their harvest and left the land desolate, stinking and depleted.
Lord, help us to get Your heart for the harvest of souls that is coming before you come back. First you have to spoil the world’s harvest which we are witnessing daily. Thank you that you have our Goshen prepared for us.