February 3rd: Exodus 9, Psalm 62-63 and Romans 13-14

I don't know why I never thought of this. But there is grace in the plagues. God could have killed all of Egypt. He could have just wiped them all out. He could have killed every single person in Egypt. For God, killing is just as easy as creating boils, locusts, or hail. But God had another plan. A plan to protect Israel and preserve the Egyptians. When the ancestors of Jacob eventually leave Egypt, this reputation about their God goes ahead of them. Potential enemies leave them alone not because of their military abilities, but because the name of Jehovah demands respect. Pretty cool.

I wonder about the correlation between the story of the plagues and the stuff in Romans 13 about submission to authority. The Israelites never rebel against Egypt. They never form a militia and start fighting. They submit. They make bricks and God takes care of them. Seems like Christians these days need to take a little lesson out of the that. Too often we fight when we should probably just make bricks.

I have no idea what "bricks" are in this illustration.