Wasted Opportunity

Bible reading: Exodus 8:1-15 (NIV)

Focus verse: Exodus 8:8-10 – Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifice to the Lord.” Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.” “Tomorrow” Pharaoh said. Moses replied, “It will be as you say so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God.

Decisions have consequences that not only affect our lives but also the lives of our loved ones, communities, friends, work and even the nation at large. At one point in life we all stand a chance to help rescue other people’s lives or to help worsen their lives more so when are entrusted with a leadership role like Pharaoh was. Many people have made decisions that have lived to cause regrets in the generations to come. Pharaoh realizes that because of his tough headedness all the nation is invaded by frogs that spread all over the land. He goes to Moses to present the cry of his nation to have all frogs taken out from them. When given opportunity to decide when, he boldly says “Tomorrow.” Why would he postpone such kind of decision to the following day? Why would he allow the innocent lives of his people including his own family, and the children to have another troubled day with frogs?

That is exactly how we behave when we keep postponing making important decisions for our lives in time. We allow Satan to trouble us for another day yet we live in pain and worries away from God. We cause our innocent families to suffer when we don’t make right choices for their lives. Just as Moses told Pharaoh to decide when, so the Lord is waiting patiently for when we shall allow Him to come to our rescue. God will never force himself to us.  Paul in his letter to the church in Rome (Romans 10:8-9) mentions that the word of salvation is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart. Any moment you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you are saved. Will you post pone your worries, troubles, anxieties to another day or have yourself at feet of Jesus and cast all your burdens upon him?

Pastor Eliazar Wambo
Makira Baptist – Mfangano Kenya