The Staff

Exodus 7: 8-13

“8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a wonder,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake.’ ” 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts. 12 Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes, but Aaron’s staff swallowed up theirs. 13 However, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.”

We do not know how the “wise men,sorcerers, and magicians” of the Pharaoh, with their secret arts, performed their “wonder”, but we do know that Aaron’s staff swallowed theirs.  

The power of God is the ultimate power of the universe. It is the power that spoke the universe into existence and created the heavens and the earth;  the power that

set into motion all the planets; the power that caused the light to shine into the darkness; the power that created all life.

No sorcerer’s magic will ever prevail against the one true God.  

Nothing false can prevail against God… 

the God of truth and love.

“No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.” 

(Proverbs 21:30)

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)