Exodus 9:17-21 (ESV Strong's)
You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.”’” Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
Tag: Pride Hinders Obedience
The above text is found at the beginning of the plague of the hail that fell upon all Egypt. God had promised to bring the hail if Pharaoh would not let Israel go. He did not. God also promised to separate the people of God from the Egyptians. He promised to pour down hail on the Egyptians household an property but not on Israel’s household and property. In the above text we see that those Egyptians, who humbled themselves, would also escape the hail and thunder. We have no idea what that looked like in real time. Did one house have hailed and the next house not? Apparently, that is what is implied in the text. God is able to separate those who fear him from those who are too prideful to bend their knee to Him. In the pride, the Egyptians would not bend a knee to obey and honor God. God would, therefore, bring punishment on them. Pride will always hinder obedience. God is bringing all this on the Egyptians because of their pride. Pharaoh is the type of person we all are. Absent God’s work in our lives, we would all be full of pride like Pharaoh. Pride always Hinders obedience.
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