3.097 Do We Have Some Pharaoh in Us?

In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world, reminding us that our lives are meant to preserve, illuminate, and point others to Him. This season on Savory Salt, we'll walk through the Old Testament, one verse and one thought each day. Perhaps these moments will add greater savor and brighter light to our lives as we seek to truly live as savory salt.

Hello, my friends. It's a new day with new opportunities. Choose ye this day whom you will serve.

If you're like Pharaoh and you know it, clap your hands. If you're like Pharaoh and you know it, clap your hands. I'm not going to go any further, folks.

I think you get the message. Do we have a little bit of Pharaoh in each one of us? We're reading this week Exodus chapters 7 through 13, and many of you right now are feeling very grateful that I do a podcast rather than sing in my talent sharing here as I share my testimony.

This week, as we're diving into this, something that's been a recurring thought that I've wondered here is whether there's some Pharaoh in me. I read this story and I see all of these horrific things. These are awful things happening to the people of Egypt, to Pharaoh's people, because he refuses to listen.

And I look at it and I go, 'Oh, I definitely would have listened to the Lord there.' Oh, I definitely would have listened to the Lord there. And then I look at my own life, at times in my life when many of my own challenges were self-induced because I simply refused to follow the counsel of the Lord. Let's take a look here and see if we can elaborate on that thought just a little bit.

And maybe it's just me. Maybe this episode is just for me. But our verse for today is Exodus 8, verse 32.

We've now gone through inside of this chapter. My friends, what are you and I holding onto that we won't let go? In how many different ways does the Lord need to try to get our attention to invite us to let it go?

It's been some introspection for me. I've tried to think through in my own life situations where I perhaps wanted a little bit more control than the Lord wanted me to have in certain situations, or I've been so stubborn and set in my own ways that I know that my decision is the one that's supposed to happen. Take a look in the mirror, some reflection time, and see if there are parts of Pharaoh's behavior in our own habits and behaviors.

It's certainly a chance for us to reflect and say, 'Are there areas where we are being stubborn? We're holding on to something that the Lord is inviting us to let go of.' And if we would just let go, the blessings of the Lord would be able to flow into our lives. That one is a, it's a "checkup from the neck up." It's a little poke and prod, but it's one that I hope helps all of us bring savory salt into our lives a little bit more as we continue the path of trying to be a little bit more like Jesus Christ every day.

That's all for today, my friends. You and I have come here for such a time as this. Step forward in faith, and let's be savory salt. We will be here tomorrow, and we hope