Today's "Faith To Faith" devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland brings to mind the book by Jesse Duplantis called "One More Night With The Frogs".
Get Rid of the Frogs
When shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy
people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses? Exodus 8:9
Have you ever wrestled with one of those problems that stubbornly
refuses to go away? It seems to be immune to all solutions. You swat at the
thing in every conceivable way, but instead of being eliminated, it expands and
multiplies until it's wildly out of control.
An Egyptian pharaoh faced just that kind of problem, the Bible tells
us, thousands of years ago. He was in a hot dispute with God over the future of
the Israelites, and as a result of that dispute, he woke up one morning to find
his country swarming with frogs. Slimy, smelly, hopping-all-over-the-place
frogs.
It was a serious problem. I'm not talking about a frog or two
in the front yard. I mean frogs were everywhere—in their beds, on their tables.
Big old frogs in the ovens. Little bitty frogs in the bread dough and the
drinking water. Frogs. Frogs in your hair. Frogs in places you wouldn't even
want to think about!
Then God made a move. He sent His man Moses in to Pharaoh to ask,
"When shall I entreat the Lord to get these frogs out of here?"
Do you know what Pharaoh said? "Tomorrow."
Can you imagine that? He could have said, "Right now! Today!"
But instead he decided he'd spend one more night among the frogs.
You say, "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. Why in the
world would he say tomorrow?" I don't know. Probably for the same reason
you want to wait until tomorrow to get saved or healed or prosperous.
Here's what I want you to notice. When Moses asked Pharaoh that
question and he answered, "Tomorrow," Moses said, "All right. So
that you know there's a God in heaven, be it done according to your
words."
Let me ask you this: How long are you willing to let that persisting
problem harass you? When are you going to get rid of the frogs in your life? Do
you realize they'll stay around as long as you'll let them? They'll be there
until you finally make a quality decision to go with the Word of God and get
them out.
Why don't you do it today?
AMEN! The Word works, WHEN we work the Word! How do we 'work it'? We find out what the Word of God has to say about every situation we face. We begin to meditate on the promise of the Word until it rises up inside of us and we KNOW that it is TRUTH! THEN we speak that Word into our situation! THAT give God something to confirm with signs, wonders and miracles (Mark 16:20)! Let's not wait one more day! Let's GO FOR IT! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "GO":
Shalom in Him!
