Get rid of the frogs.
Last Sunday’s preaching had its clear application in my life this entire week. I was overwhelmed by its significance that by the end of the week, during our groupings, Ate M and I filled the group’s chat with revelations that were so exciting, we almost never let Ptr. N talk.
When Pharaoh experienced the 2nd plague, he was so discomforted that he begged Moses to clear Egypt of them in exchange to the Israelites’ freedom.
The frogs, according to the book of Revelation, signified evil spirits. During the preaching, it also meant our recurring problems that we seem to not be able to solve because of different reasons. They may also mean sins, those that we cannot simply let go of because, either they’re hard to break off or we just enjoy their filthy presence. Whatever the reasons are, frogs simple are grimy insertions in our everyday lives that we just have to get rid off.
Moses asked the pharaoh when did he want for Moses to pray so the plague would stop. The remarkable part of the story was when Pharaoh replied, “Tomorrow.” (v. 9-10)
And this is very similar to most people’s situations. They want to get rid of the frogs, to let go of their sins, to put a solution to their problems, but when presented by God a choice to end it, they’d put a 24-hour thinking period to say yes.
And the hours that stand between your freedom and pain will be room for temptation once again.
That’s why the next plague came, the plague of gnats, because Pharaoh had time to think and re-think and destroy his word by not letting the Israelites go.
Our moments of thoughts, especially when we’re alone, are the most turbulent moments of our decision-making processes. The movie director, Mel Gibson, understood this clearly when he interpreted the Garden of Gethsemane scene. Each time we’re alone, the devil’s voice becomes louder in our heads. So it’s always important for us to learn how to block the devil’s voice and make God’s voice the loudest, eventually, the only voice we’ll listen to in our every day lives.
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