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38 “Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go?”

 Exodus 5:2 

 These words of Pharaoh are very cogent for the day in which we find ourselves as Christian people. Maybe you are not a believer and are reading this and you also do not know or recognise the Lord in your life. Pharaoh was so full of pride as he was the top of the tree, and would not listen to the Lord or His commands. We can be so puffed up with pride that we do not accept the rule of God in our lives nor regard His amazing salvation as something we need. Pharaoh is scoffing at the idea of the Lord telling him what to do and he refuses time and time again to listen even though God sends strong persuasions and plagues to jolt him into belief. Pharaoh refuses God time and again and in the end loses everything. This will be the outcome for us if we do not bow our knees to the Lord and accept His salvation.

 Too many today embrace the false faith of atheism as a way to live our own life according to our own ideas. It is the faith that suits us and we can feel that we are deciding for ourselves what to do in our life. It is a false faith for without our Creator we are lifeless and dead in our sin. We must seek the salvation of God and turn to His ways and not our own. God is for real and we can trust in Him who made us and loves us and calls us to escape the coming punishment that will surely come.

 Maybe you are a Christian struggling with a sin in your life. Do not give up the fight for God will give you the victory as you persevere in Him. God can overcome all our weaknesses and make us victorious.