Anything you can do, I can do better

"For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rod."                                                    Exodus 7:8-13   NKJV 

As God had directed Moses, he and Aaron went to Pharaoh to demand that he release the Israelites from their captivity. To demonstrate God's power, Aaron threw down his rod before Pharaoh and, as God had said, it became a serpent. However, Pharaoh was unimpressed and called for his magicians who did the same. This would have been very intimidating for Moses and Aaron to witness; but God is greater, because Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods, together with the serpents and this caused Pharaoh's heart to grow hard. v10-13.

This is a true demonstration of the power of God. The devil may believe that he has the power but, he is deceiving himself; God is greater. This is encouraging for us. When we are standing in faith for something - perhaps someone's healing, our faith can be shattered by someone coming up to us and telling us that we have it wrong, 'Nothing will happen, it's a waste of time, God doesn't heal people today'. Just ignore them because to become engaged in a debate about this, may lead to others joining in and before you know it, you are confused and bewildered and more than likely, quite frustrated.

Well-meaning people will say things such as this to you and, many of them are believers. The important thing is, we are not out to prove anything. It is not a game, it is life as we know it. If God says this is how it is, then that is how it is. We have nothing to prove, we know God can do whatever He chooses. He may not always act in the way we ask or expect Him to do, but He is very able.

Paul and Silas had nothing to prove when they sat in a very dark and smelly cell in stocks and chains. They trusted God so much that they sat praising Him, and they were released. Likewise, as Jesus hung in agony on a cross, there was nothing He needed to do to prove anything, even though He was asked by the crowd to do so. He trusted His Father and God raised Him up three days later.

Whatever, we face, God is able to help. We should never fall to intimidation, we are the children of the Living God; we belong to Jesus and, He knows what He is doing. The devil may say it can't be done; Jesus says it can.

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