And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. (Exodus 11:3)
Confession
And the Lord gave me, my family members and Karuna Sadan Ministry great favor in the sight of all.
Favour
Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.” And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. (Exodus 11:2-3)
Notice that it doesn't say, "and the people realized they owed the Israelites money," or "the people saw what nice folks the Hebrews were." No, it says that the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. This was a miraculous event.
The Lord is not powerless over people. When He wants a situation to develop in a certain way, He causes things to happen. He has the ability to affect circumstances, and people's decisions. As the proverb says, Prov. 21:1 The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
Remember that Caesar Augustus got it into his head to issue a decree that a census should be taken of all the inhabited earth. Was that his idea? No, the Lord directed his heart towards that decision, so that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem, and thus prophecy would be fulfilled.
The Lord is able to intervene in your circumstances too. Today, people might be looking at you as a slave. But tomorrow God can supernaturally give you favor in their eyes. Today, you might be in the wrong place, but God can and will supernaturally accomplish His will for you by affecting circumstances and hearts.
Then Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals. (Exodus 11:4-5)
This was the second time God had warned of this coming plague through Moses. At the burning bush, Moses was ordered by God to warn Pharaoh with these words: “Thus says the LORD: ‘Israel is My son, My firstborn. So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn’” (Ex. 4:22–23).
By order of King Pharaoh, the Egyptians had killed male children born to the Hebrews. Now, by order of the King of Kings, the same thing was going to happen to the Egyptian firstborn sons.
Chapters
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40