Moses went to Pharaoh day after day asking him to let God's people go, so that they may worship God, yet Pharaoh only hardened his heart. There was a plague of frogs, gnats, flies, livestock, boils, the worst hail storm ever, locusts, darkness, and the firstborn. Moses would tell Pharaoh that if he let God's people go this all would be taken away...Pharaoh would go to Moses and say,"I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me..." Yet, even after Moses prayed to God and even after God forgave Pharaoh his sin and removed the plague away from Pharaoh, Pharaoh still hardened his heart to God and would not let His people go.
Pharaoh is not the only one who has hardened his heart to God. I believe, at times, we all harden our hearts to God and allow sin to flow freely in our lives. We say, at least, I know I have...God, I am sorry, for this sin, please help me through it, please make me stronger, I will not continue to sin like this. Yes, just like Pharaoh, I have prayed just like that, but continued to sin. The amazing thing, however, is that every time Pharaoh asked to be forgiven his sin, God forgave...even though God knew that Pharaoh would still harden his heart. God knows all and knew Pharaoh would continue to sin, continue to harden his heart, yet, he still forgave every time and removed the plagues from him. At the same time however, there is consequences to continuing to sin. The plagues close to Pharaoh were the consequences for his choice to continuing to sin. I am thankful for both these things - thankful that even though I continue to sin day after day, God forgives day after day and that He teaches me with consequences. Both of these things, even though they may be painful and hard make me grow. That is what I am extremely thankful for! This life is about growing! Thank You Jesus!
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