Day 20 (Friday) - Exodus 8:16-11:10

God is building up a crescendo to his shock and awe finale. Each of the plagues result in Pharaoh coming to some sense of understanding about who God is and what he is up to in the world, but just before he lets them go, he reverts back to his sinful ways and his heart becomes hard again. These events are being repeated. God's entire story of redemption is a replay of the Exodus. The book of Revelation with its bowls and cups are the final plagues that crescendo to the finale of God’s redemptive work.

In some ways, we are like Moses to our world but in other ways we are like the Pharaoh. God calls out to each of us with an invitation to join him in his redemptive work. We are moving towards the Grand Finale and we need to make choices that effect our heart condition. For it is the condition of our hearts that will decide our fate.