A man was out walking in the desert when a voice said to him, “Pick up some pebbles and put them in your pocket, and tomorrow you will be both sorry and glad.”
The man obeyed. He stooped down and picked up a handful of pebbles and put them in his pocket. The next morning he reached into his pocket and found diamonds and rubies and emeralds. And he was both glad and sorry. Glad that he had taken some — sorry that he hadn’t taken more.
And so it is with God’s word.
- Unknown source
Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms 119:72
The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
So the children of Israel applied the blood and Pharaoh really did let them go. However, in a very short period of time, he changed his mind and sent the strongest army in the world after them to destroy them. They were boxed in by the army and the Red Sea. They had no chance except for the fact that God had a Word for them. Well, you know the rest of the story.
The world with all its evil devices will box you in and the only avenue of escape will be the Word of God. How much have you accumulated? It can make all the difference in the world.
Think about it.
Gary