What Happens When Pharaoh Falls?

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this

all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”

II Corinthians 4:7

 

What happened when the Pharaoh of Egypt was brought down?

Nations trembled at the awesome display of the power of God as He delivered His people.

Some may remember the invasion by the US of the tiny island of Granada in 1983.

It was initiated following the bloody overthrowing of a constitutional government by a military coup and the taking of American medical students as hostages.

The invasion freed the students and reestablished a constitutional government.

The population of Granada at the time we invaded was a mere 91,000 people.

That is roughly the population of Wayne County, New York where I live.

Some likened the successful military campaign to Goliath conquering David.

Not exactly a challenge like the Normandy Invasion of WWII!

But imagine instead, if the Nation of Granada successfully invaded and brought down the government of the United States.

As unlikely as that scenario sounds, it is actually a more accurate picture of what happened when God delivered His people Israel from the mightiest nation on earth – Egypt.

The Pharaoh was brought low through the stuttering shepherd Moses.

God called him after 40 years in the desert shepherding his father-in-laws herds.

Listen to this exchange from Exodus 3:11-12a

“But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

And God said: “I will be with you…”

Those 5 words should be more than enough!

But they didn’t quite convince Moses.

Those 5 words should be enough for you and me too.

But, like Moses, we often look at our weakness, instead of Gods’ great power.

We expect the ‘wherewithal’, the skill, expertise and power to originate in us instead of being displayed through us.  

It’s His power, not our own!

Pharaoh fell, but God got the glory!

God wants to take down our ‘pharaohs’ to bring Him preeminence in the earth.

Will you let Him, __________________?

                          (insert your name here)