Now I know

And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.– Exodus 18.8-11

Jethro is an interesting character. He is Moses’ father-in-law and when we meet him he doesn’t really know God. When you think about how it must have been to have his daughter married to this stranger with his strange religion it must have been hard on him.

All along Jethro was watching to see that would happen. At first he had heard all that God had done. He would have seen how Moses named his grandsons ‘I was an alien in a strange land’ and God is my helper’ and he had seen both names in reality.

Moses had talked about all that God had done, and now Jethro had seen God work. Moses had talked about how God had delivered, and Jethro saw God deliver. He had seen that God was greater than all the false gods. All the things that the false gods were proud of God had proved He was greater.

Our great God is the same God. He will do mighty works. We don’t need to be afraid of speaking of His mighty works so that the world sees that He is greater than all the gods of this world.

Let’s speak up about our God and let Him do His work so that others can see who our God is.