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Discipleship Focus: Challenge
- Challenge: God does not merely wish us to be in relationship with Him as we are. He challenges us to grow, stretch, and transform as we take on the mantle of being His representatives to this world.
I remember a
story of a nation that was great well before Abraham was even called by
God. This nation sheltered the Hebrew
people when famine struck the Promised Land and Abraham’s descendants had to go
and find food. This nation allowed the
Hebrew people to grow strong and numerous.
Of course, I’m
talking about Egypt. These are the
people that soon enslaved the Hebrew people.
These are the people that didn’t let God’s people go and worship when
God desired them to go. God sent plagues
among them. Did you hear the notes in
the middle of this chapter that remind us of the plagues?
That is
where this chapter becomes a chapter about challenge. Egypt was humbled by God once. They thought they were the rulers of the
world until God came and brought plagues among them. But they didn’t listen. They still think that they are beyond
comparison. They still believe that they
are invincible. They still believe that
they can rule the world. They didn’t
learn. They didn’t display any
character. They didn’t rise up to the
challenge that God brought before them.
What is the
verdict brought down by God? They will
go and lay down among the other nations.
God gave them opportunity to grow and learn and be humbled. They didn’t take the challenge. They stayed in their arrogance. They will fall in their pride.
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