Tuesday, May 13, 2008

He always rises to the top

Have you ever noticed that if you place an object, like a straw, in a glass of water, it will float to the top. How about those oil filled balls that you put in your bath... press them down but they will bop back to the surface?
Here is what "Spikes World Science" says, "The truth is that objects float in water because the water pushes up against them. I guess it isn't an invisible holder or pusher-upper. There are several things to do that let us feel the push of a liquid. That push is called buoyancy (pronounced "BOY-ann-see")."
In the world, since God created it, recognizes God's holiness and mightiness therefore automatically "pushes" (magnifies) God. He rises to the top.
In Exodus 7, God is talking to Moses and telling him what to expect when commanding Pharoh to let "His" people go. It says,"
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."

The world will mimic the things of God, but God will dominate when given the glory.
Moses must have wondered ho could the Egyptians know that God was God when the magicians could copy evey miracle God did when it came to the plags, but God always showed himself more powerful.
EXAMPLES:
When Moses threw his rod to the ground in front of Pharoh, it became a snake. The magicians threw theirs and it did also. Moses' rod which was now a snake ate the magicians snakes...
When Moses smote the water with the rod, all water was turned to blood. The magicians did the same but now there was no water which they could drink of and their body, which God created, was thirsty. Imagine, it was seven days before they got drinkable water.
Again with the frogs, the magicians copied the infestation but could then only rely on God to get rid of them. The bible says in Exodus 8:14, "And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank."

HELLO!?! Was it worth it being able to copy God in miracle making?

God rose to the top when He showed that He was the CREATOR of all things and not the copier of all things when He could reverse the miracle, the magicians had to beg and plead for God to reverse it.
Sometimes, we recognize that life is bigger than us but we forget that God is bigger than life. Let Him rise to the top, let us give Him the glory He deserves in our lives. Let's let Him have freedom to work in our lives and be "pressed up" by the copiers in our lives that He may be exalted among all men.
Proverbs 3:5-7, "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."

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