In this daily Bible reading is the account of God bringing more hardships to Egypt so that Pharaoh would let Israel go. After each hardship, God would harden Pharaoh’s heart so that Pharaoh would refuse to let Israel go. God would then continue to demonstrate His power.
Pharaoh’s magicians could duplicate the first three miracles. However, they could not match God’s miracles after that. When the magicians could not match God’s miracles, they told Pharaoh, this is the finger of God. Just like the demons, the magicians were aware of God; but they did not worship God. They worshiped Satan.
God’s miracles continued, and they increased in severity. Through Moses, God told Pharaoh that God could have simply destroyed Pharaoh and the Egyptians; but He allowed them to live so that they could witness God’s power. God wanted the Pharaoh and the Egyptians to proclaim God’s name and His power throughout the Earth. God wanted people on the Earth to become aware of His presence and His power.
The Bible says, “The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.” I believe that is the first step toward Salvation. When we become aware of God and what he can do, we then begin to turn away from sin. We begin to reduce the sins in our lives and begin to walk rightly before God.
Then at some point, God may enable us to believe in Jesus. The Bible says, “No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws them.” The Bible also says that belief in Jesus is essential to our going to Heaven.