“And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.” – Exodus 5v2
Moses and Aaron were admitted into Pharaoh’s court. There request to let the people of Israel go was pretty simple, “Who is the Lord that I should obey Him?
What else would we really expect from Pharaoh? He had plenty of gods in his kingdom. People worshipped frogs, cats, the Nile, and any number of things. The god above all gods in Egypt was considered to be Pharaoh himself, so why would he consider listening to this God of the Hebrews? He would soon find out just who Yahweh was.
What happens, however, when God’s people act like Pharaoh? We might think, “I would never say what Pharaoh said. That was awful!” However, there are times when we may very well act like Pharaoh while not saying those same words. We read our Bibles, do our devotions, and listen to preaching or teaching. The Holy Spirit deals with our heart, and yet we walk away and choose to ignore His leadership. In essence we are saying the same thing that Pharaoh did – “Who is God that I should obey Him?” God says to walk by faith, nit by sight, yet we too often are guided by what we see. God tells us not to be full of cares, yet we choose to worry. God says to keep our hearts, yet we devour the filth of the world.
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