We continue to read of the miracles that happened through Moses’ humble sheperd’s rod. We do not read that the rod was used for the plagues of flies, death of cattle, and boils.
BRING FORTH HAIL
Now we come to Exodus 9:22-26: “And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast: and hail smote every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.”
BRING FORTH LOCUSTS
Exodus 10:12-15: “ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts . . . And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.”
The locusts “covered the face of the whole earth” so that the land turned black and they ate everything that remained in Egypt. The Bible tells us that nothing like it had ever happened before and would ever happen again!
BRING FORTH DARKNESS
Exodus 10:21-23: “And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand (which included the rod): and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”
The rod was not used for the final judgment upon Egypt of the death angel smiting the first born in every family, from Pharaoh on this throne to the lowest servant (Exodus 11:1-7).
DIVIDE THE GULF OF AQABA
Exodus 14:15-22: “And the LORD said unto Moses . . . lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea . . . And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.”
Galatians 4:24 proves that Mt. Sinai is in Arabia.
Could there be a greater miracle? And it happened through Moses’ lifting up his rod. Of course, we know that God did the miracle, but God always wants His people to do their part. They must go ahead in faith and take action. Moses, in unbelief, could have wondered how a rod could deliver them in such a tight spot? But he stretched out his hand with the rod anyway. He took the step of faith. And as he did so, God moved with His mighty power.
When we take action, God takes action.
Daniel 11:32: “The people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.”
There’s more yet.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell