The Difference God makes

There is a line that no one can see, but God. It is a distinction that is made by God and his will. There is a line, that God will not cross when he in his sovereign will begins to pour out his judgment on the world.

In the Exodus story of Deliverance we find that throughout Gods dealing with Egypt he seemed to draw a line around his people and no matter what came upon Egypt, Israel was spared. Be it Flies, the plague on the cattle, hailstones, darkness or death, while Egypt suffered, God made a difference and honored the difference that he setup for his people. The distinction was a testimony to Egypt, that the God of Israel was the source of the judgment and therefore responsible for the protection for Isreal.

Before they had the Ten Commandments, before they had the Law, before they had a system of Sacrifice while still in Egypt God sanctified them for his purpose. While still in Egypt, God made a difference in their lives.

While still in Bondage, God made sure, though they were in Egypt, God took special care of them that they would be preserved to be led out and delivered. Even though most that came out, never came into the promise, God still made a difference between the Egyptian and the Jew.

In pondering this subject, I find great comfort to know that even while in sin, God is separating people out of the multitude to serve him in his purpose. When a wreck would have killed many, one will walk away to live another day, because God has marked them as a special project he has taken on.

If you view the history of God with Israel, it would seem that God being able to see the future, chooses rather to extend mercy in spite of his foreknowledge.

Why would God cause seed to be sowed by the wayside, the stony ground or the thorn-infested ground even when he knows that it will only bring fruit on the Good Ground?

This is a question I do not claim to know the answer, but I must say, I am thankful and in awe of his amazing ability to live and let live, to spare and deliver even when people are in “Egypt”.

When the Israelites were no more than a slave race in Egypt, good for manual labor, uneducated and of no national significance, God chose these poor penniless people to raise them up to become a special project to demonstrate his amazing mercy and power to the world.

Just as God made a difference between the Jews and the Egyptians, you and I God has made a difference when we were yet still in Bondage. While we were yet in sin, Christ died for the Ungodly. I can take comfort that no matter the calamity that falls on this world; I can take safety in the knowledge that just as God protected his people in Goshen, he will protect his people in this modern day world.

God makes a difference, and Thank God For it!

He has Made a Difference For Me!

Exod 8:22-23
22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” Col 3:3-4

By Scott Phillips

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Pastor Rolando Ramos 
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