This is the finger of God

This is the finger of God 

"Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said." (Exod.8.19) 

The magicians of Egypt had used their powers to replicate some of the initial miracles that God through Moses had performed but when the miracle of lice was wrought they couldn't replicate it and they had to admit to Pharaoh that it was by the finger of God that this was done. 

"And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.Now the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice on man and beast." (Exod.8.17 - 18)

Did not the Bible tell us that the earth is the Lord's? I wondered why they thought they could replicate that. 

This holds a lot of lessons for us. One of which is the fact that "There is nothing the devil can do that God cannot undo. And there is nothing that God does that the devil can undo."

Some times God allows certain things to happen so that when He undo them, everyone will know that it was the finger of God. The finger of God speaks to perogative of God alone to do what He chooses to do, when He chooses to do it and how He chooses to do it. 

God is supreme as He is sovereign. May He do a work in your life and circumstances that will cause everyone to testify that it truly was the finger of God. Amen 

Good day,
Have a great day today,
Emmanluel Okoro,
(aka Mr. Lift) 

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