Exodus 10:9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.”
I am a planner, an organizer. Give me a job to do, let me know if you have a specific way you want it done or if I get to figure out the fine points, and It. Will. Get. Done! When my children were small and life needed to run smoothly, these traits were incredibly helpful.
Exodus 10:10 Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.
But now that my children are finding their feet in the adult world, I find that I have to reign those tendencies back when it comes to them and their lives. The “this is the way that needs to get done, here’s how you need to go about it” gene is strong, and I have to actively work through what’s mine to control and what’s theirs to figure out. At times it’s more difficult than I’d like to admit.
Exodus 10:11 No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
Precious Savior, Thank You for allowing me to see that when the planner/organizer gene goes unchecked, things can get out of control. Help me to see what’s mine to do and to do those things to the best of my ability. Help me to love and support others as they do what You have given them to do. Help me, Jesus. Amen.
Exodus 10:12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
Have a blessed day.