I will separate my people

“And I will put a division between my people and thy people..” – Exodus 8v23

God was not finished showing His power to Pharaoh. First He did miracles that the Egyptians could not do. Next God showed in a very clear way that what was happening could not just be natural events. He told Pharaoh that the plague of flies would only be on the people of Egypt and not on the Hebrews. No one would now be able to doubt that this was the “finger of God.”

Today there are still only two groups of people in the world today; those who are God’s people and those who are not. One day God will draw a clear division between His people and the rest. When He pours out His wrath on the world, He will divide out His people for protection. Praise God that he makes a division between His people and the people of the world.

In a practical way we should note that as God puts a division between His people and the rest of the world we are also called upon to be separate. “Come out from among them and be ye separate” God tells.

God has divided us from the world. May we acknowledge that difference and live accordingly.