F O O T H O L D
READING
60 A CHANGED MAN
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PRAY Change my life, Lord,
as I learn more of you and your ways.
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READ Exodus 10:21-11:10.
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THINK Why do you think Moses
got angry (8)? Do you think he was
justified?
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FOCUS MOSES . . . A VERY
GREAT MAN (3). We have now come nearly to the
end of the plagues. Things
and people have changed. Pharaoh has
become harder and harder.
But compare Moses in today's reading
with the timid, hesitant
person we read about earlier.
CONFIDENCE (25,29). You
would never have thought that Moses would
be standing up to Pharaoh
like this. He knows that Pharaoh is
quite capable of carrying
out all his threats but he stands firm.
There will be all sorts of
situations in our lives when the
easiest thing to do is to
back down. But we can only be used by
God if we stand firm.
What had made the
difference? The secret is in Moses'
relationship with God. He
trusted God, obeyed God (22) and
allowed God to work in his
life. That is the only way to be
really great.
ANGER. Verse 8 shows Moses
white hot with anger. Have you thought
of a reason? It may well
have been because he knew the suffering
that would be caused by
Pharaoh's hardness of heart. For most
people, anger easily becomes
sinful. But there are times when it
is right to feel angry. The
question then becomes: How - if at
all - should we express our
anger?
When did you last get angry?
Was it right? Have you ever been
angry about injustice,
oppression, needless violence? Angry
enough to do something?
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PRAY Ask God to grow self
control in you if you have trouble with
temper/anger. But ask God to
grow compassion, if injustice and
oppression never move you to
anger or action.
