DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 19, 2013
WHEN THE TABLES ARE TURNED
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. Exodus 7:9-12
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; John 2:15
In the Old Testament Book of Exodus, Chapter seven, we see an interesting portrait of false prophets, here called sorcerers and magicians. These men described in Exodus 7:11 were seemingly able to match the supernatural power of God that was with Moses and Aaron. But, as we read in Exodus 7:12, the power of God will swallow up and destroy all falsehood-- as Aaron's rod swallowed up the rods of the magicians.
I have seen these same magician-types, these crafty workers, in the house of God. They dare to challenge the move and hand of God, to make a point and impress the people. They craft sermons, they craft situations and anything their budgets and manipulative minds can think up--to fool the people and themselves. They don't believe, really, that God works in supernatural ways, so they defy His power and mock the Holy Spirit. They are offended by the move of the Spirit and want sole control of the church. But just as Christ came into the temple and made a scourge of small cords and overthrew the tables, as described in John 2:15, so too, now. Christ is coming into his house to turn the tables on these crafty workers."For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"( I Peter 4:17).
I have seen these same magician-types, these crafty workers, in the house of God. They dare to challenge the move and hand of God, to make a point and impress the people. They craft sermons, they craft situations and anything their budgets and manipulative minds can think up--to fool the people and themselves. They don't believe, really, that God works in supernatural ways, so they defy His power and mock the Holy Spirit. They are offended by the move of the Spirit and want sole control of the church. But just as Christ came into the temple and made a scourge of small cords and overthrew the tables, as described in John 2:15, so too, now. Christ is coming into his house to turn the tables on these crafty workers."For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"( I Peter 4:17).
Today, Watch the tables turn as Christ comes cleansing God's house!
