One More Night With the Frogs

By Gobel Brockman


Most of you know the story. God spoke to Moses in the burning bush and told him to lead Israel out of Egypt. He and his brother Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, "Let My people go, or Egypt will be hit with plagues." Pharaoh refused, and the plagues began. One of the first ones was frogs covering the land, to the point they were filling their houses. Pharaoh calls for Moses and Aaron and says, "I have sinned; pray that the frogs will be removed." Moses says, "When?", and Pharaoh says. "Tomorrow."

Tomorrow? He could have said "Right now!!" But apparently he wanted one more night with the frogs. One more night of the sights, smells, and noise of the lil' varmints. The thing is, that story happened thousands of years ago, but we still see it today. People whose lives are in shambles, but won't turn from the root cause. They'd seemingly rather have 'one more night'.

It amazes me sometimes how people whose lives are in constant turmoil try to make me feel we're crazy for being 'Bible Thumpers'. People who drink to the extent they end the evening 'praying at the porcelain altar', then go right back to the bottle. People who spend all week working for a paycheck, then gamble most of it away in a matter of hours. The list goes on. But the sad thing is, when I've talked to people in these types of situations and the told them they can be free from it, it's usually either outright rejected or I'll get an "I'll talk to you later about it...". It's almost like they're saying, 'one more night...'

My point this week is simple: you can be 'Frog-Free'. And you don't have to wait until tomorrow. But just as Pharaoh had to meet God's condition, so do we. You have to do it HIS way, and His way is through Jesus Christ. Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes to God but through Me." I can offer you no other help than that. You can have freedom, or you can continue in your struggle, and then try to blame everyone else for the 'frogs' in your own life.

Jesus is waiting. So are the frogs.