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Mensa Otabil - Mercy and Judgement


Mensa Otabil - Mercy and Judgement
TOPICS: Word to Go, Mercy, Judgment

Well, for the past few days, we’ve been looking at Exodus chapter 10, and now we shift to chapter 11, verse number one. And the Lord said to Moses, «I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; afterward, he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether.» God is gracious, God is merciful, God is long-suffering; He’s patient, and He’s kind. That is part of His essential nature. But God is also a God of wrath and judgment. So mercy, kindness, and patience are not the only things we should expect from God. When He shows us mercy, kindness, and patience, and we abuse all of those, we expose ourselves to God’s wrath and judgment.

So there is an end to God’s patience; He will not be patient forever. There will come a time when He says, «Enough is enough; it’s judgment time.» Pharaoh and Egypt did not avail themselves of God’s grace and mercy. You know, sometimes people can harden their hearts to the extent that God’s mercy runs out on them. They’re so stiff-necked that they reject every warning of the Lord, and the only thing left is for wrath to come upon them. And that is where we are in the story of Egypt and God.

So God says to Moses, «I will bring one more plague.» This is the final one, and it’s going to be far more devastating than all the nine that have taken place. God knew the hearts of Pharaoh, and He knew that he was not going to repent; no matter what happened, he was not going to repent. He has had nine opportunities to repent, and he has refused all of them-nine opportunities to correct an injustice, and he has refused all of them-nine opportunities to set captives free, and he has refused all of them. God says, «I’m just going to do one more, and this one is going to be the big one.»

I pray that we never get to the point in our lives where God has to do the big one on us, where God has to say, «They’re so stiff-necked that the only way out is for me to do one more act against them.» And God says that when this one plague comes, He tells Moses that he will let you go, but I like how He puts it: He says he will surely drive you out of here altogether. So God is saying this big one is going to be so strong that Pharaoh will drive you out-not just release you. He’s going to actively push you out; he’s going to ensure that you get out because it’s going to hit him very, very hard.

There’s a lesson for us to consider in all of this: God has the power to make things hard; God has the power to make things difficult; God has the power to bring you to a point where you will act according to what He has designed. But He wants you to choose to be there willfully and joyfully. If you don’t, He will make you get there. And that’s where we are with the story between Israel and Egypt: one more plague, God says, and judgment is coming.

For most of us, God is talking to us; He’s speaking to our hearts. He’s asking you to give your life to Him; He’s asking you to repent; He’s asking you to turn around; He’s asking you to change. And you’ve been stubborn for so long. Don’t push it too hard, because there may come a time when patience and mercy end, and wrath and judgment take over. May the Lord deliver us from such a day.

Let us pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, help me not to take Your patience for granted. I receive Your warning and instructions. In Jesus' name, amen and amen.»