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The one among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord (YHWH) made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.
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Today’s scripture refers to the seventh of the ten plagues that were brought upon Egypt by God because of the Pharaoh’s refusal to let His people go. Even after seeing water turned to blood, frogs covering the whole land, a plague of gnats followed by the plague of flies, disease on the livestock, then terrible boils on man and beast, the Pharaoh would still refuse to set the Hebrews free.

Then after the swarms of insects Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron to offer them a compromise saying that he would allow the people to worship God as long as they did not leave Egypt. {Ex.8:28} However, the Lord does not accept halfway measures. Then as now we are commanded to follow and worship the Father in spirit and in truth as He said to the woman at the well. {Jn.4:24} And we too are to do that as an expression of our response to God’s love. There is definitely no room for compromise allowed as we are told to love Him with ALL our heart and with ALL our soul and with ALL our might. {Dt.6:5}

So the Lord instructed Moses and Aaron to tell Pharaoh that now there would be a very heavy hail storm with thunder and lightning like never seen before in Egypt. {Ex.9:18} All of the people who did not take their livestock in and leave the field to take shelter died! Which brings us to the message from the Lord for us today.

As the Word proclaims, likely by Moses as in the prior Psalm, PS.90 that he who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. That is the place where we will be able to also say to the Lord, my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust! We can know with certainty that He will protect us from the deadly pestilence and plagues. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With a long (actually eternal) life He will satisfy us. {Ps.91:selected verses}

The fear of the Lord, not being afraid of Him but about being in awe of Him, is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. {Prov.9:10} Be wise and understand that you and I live in perilous times {2Tim.3:1} and we need to flee into that shelter. Tell others of His love and His place of safety as you go. Consider these words of Jesus:

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24-25)

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