Exodus 7
It has been said that San Diego, is essentially a desert with an ocean next to it. Take away the ocean and San Diego would have about as much to offer as any other desert town. There would be no ocean breeze to make the climate ideal throughout the year – temperatures would be in the 90s but with no beach within thirty minutes. There would be no cause for the Navy to be here, for Sea World to be here, or for vacationers and conventioneers to come. Remove the ocean from San Diego and all of a sudden housing would be affordable. San Diego would simply be one more dot on the map to someplace else.
Just as San Diego is a desert with an ocean next to it, so Egypt is a desert with a river running through it – the Nile. Remove the Nile from Egypt and all of Egypt is a barren wasteland. The Nile was the foundation of Egyptian civilization. The Nile is viewed as a sign of strength, power, provision, and much more. Here in Exodus 7 when God brings down his first judgment plague which is turning the Nile into blood. This affected everything in Egypt.
Although God is clearly bringing judgment on Pharaoh for not allowing God’s people to go, I believe God to trying to teach us another lesson. I believe God is speaking to the Israelites that even the most powerful things that seem untouchable such as the Nile is not more powerful then God. Sometimes we have to be reminded that God is all powerful and he has every situation in control. If I were there when the Nile turned into blood, it would have encouraged me knowing that if God is in control of the Nile, then surely he is in control of my situation.
Pastor Travis