The Nile turned to blood, frogs swarmed through Egypt, and later darkness covered the land. The gods Egypt honored could not clear the river, stop the plagues, or restore the light. God had declared judgment against them, exposing the helplessness of what the nation worshipped. We too can place confidence in a belief because generations have honored it, surrounding it with wealth, ceremony, and impressive titles. Yet none of those things makes it true or gives it the power to save. Egypt’s suffering brings a question close to home: what are we trusting, and can it deliver what we expect? An idol does not grow stronger because we have trusted it longer.
“For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.” —Exodus 12:12
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