Week 06 | Tuesday

This Week's Focus: Sometimes life feels stuck not because of circumstances, but because of unseen forces holding us back, fear, sin, unhealthy patterns or systems that feel impossible to overcome. Exodus 7-10, God confronts Pharaoh's hard heart with plagues, demonstrating that He is not passive in the face of oppression.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pay close attention to this. I will make you seem like God to Pharaoh, and your brother, Aaron, will be your prophet. 2 Tell Aaron everything I command you, and Aaron must command Pharaoh to let the people of Israel leave his country. 3 But I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 Even then Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you. So I will bring down my fist on Egypt. Then I will rescue my forces—my people, the Israelites—from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5 When I raise my powerful hand and bring out the Israelites, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” 6 So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them. 7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three when they made their demands to Pharaoh. 8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “Pharaoh will demand, ‘Show me a miracle.’ When he does this, say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.[a]’” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had commanded them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent! 11 Then Pharaoh called in his own wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their magic. 12 They threw down their staffs, which also became serpents! But then Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Pharaoh’s heart, however, remained hard. He still refused to listen, just as the Lord had predicted.

Exodus 7:1–13 NLT

God begins with the reminder that He is sovereign. He doesn’t approach Pharaoh timidly or in hope; He demonstrates authority and power. The Israelites’ cry for help did not go unnoticed.

Sometimes, our struggles feel too small or too private for God to care. But the Exodus story reminds us: He hears every cry, even the ones we think are insignificant.

Notice the pattern: God first listens, then equips, then acts. Like Moses, we may feel inadequate, but God’s presence changes the outcome.

Your “impossible” situation is not beyond Him. He can confront what feels untouchable, freeing what seems permanently trapped.

• “Ever Be” – Aaron Shust

God’s promises and power don’t fail. He is always at work to bring His purposes to pass, and our response is to trust, praise, and rely on Him.

• “God Is On The Move” – 7eventh Time Down

No opposition is too strong, no situation too impossible, when God is on the move, His power and presence will accomplish what only He can do, just as He showed through the plagues and signs in Egypt.

God, thank You for hearing me. Remind me that You see what I cannot change and that You are at work on my behalf. Amen.