Goodbye Egypt… Canaan Here I Come!

The Lord destined us to leave the bondages of sin in Egypt and live a fruitful life (John 10:10) in the Promise Land. He wants us to live a life of worship but the Pharaoh of Egypt doesn’t want us to go. God wants us to live our lives fully for His glory but the Pharaoh wants us to compromise.

The book of Exodus tells us how God commanded Moses to lead the people to "journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD." (Exodus 5:1,3) But, the Pharaoh’s heart was hardened (this is because through this, the people will see the many mighty acts of God).

In Exodus 8:28, Pharaoh let the people go but said, "you must not go very far." As if it was the devil saying, "Okay, you may go. But don’t be carried away too much. On Sundays, you may go to church, but during weekdays, I still want to see you." But my dear fellow Christian, the moment we received the Lord, we are called "Ambassadors of Christ." People would come to know Christ by reading the living Bible we are. It’s time to say NO to mediocrity, NO to half-hearted service. A time to say NO to his deceits to bring us back again to being slaves of Egypt!

After some plagues that had come to Egypt, Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the LORD." But Pharaoh answered, "No! Have only the men go." The scenario: YOU worshipping God in your church, while your children are watching cartoons at home; YOU ministering to God through your church while your parents are keeping themselves busy and their relationship ruined; YOU enjoying the felowship of other believers while your brothers/sisters are becoming a disgrace to your community. "AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD."

Okay, the Pharaoh was convinced he had to give in; but there was one more compromise: "Go, worship the LORD. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind." No way satan! My livestock is my offering to the Lord. It is part of worshipping Him. I don’t wanna be like Ananias and Sapphira who died because of robbing the Lord. (Acts 5:1-10) It’s about time that I’ll be faithful serving God with my whole heart and with my whole tithe!

LEAVE EGYPT AND YOU’LL GET CLOSER TO THE PROMISED LAND.
LOVE EGYPT AND YOU WILL NOT SEE CANAAN.

***Excerpt from DFMI Sunday Sermon series.