Exiting Egypt Chapter 8 P1

Exiting Egypt

The Third Plague – The Finger of God

Exodus 8:16-19

By Dennis Lee: Chapter 8 P1

Dust is the minutest thing visible to the naked eye. The point is this: the finger of God controls all things within the universe, even the most minute things, the very building blocks of matter and energy.

Whatever the minutest particle or energy is that forms the very first building block of existence or being, it is controlled by the finger of God. God created it, and it is under the control of God’s finger. God’s finger controls the very dust of the ground, and if it controls the minutest particle, then His finger controls all things.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him (Psm. 8:3-4 NKJV)

This was the lesson that Pharaoh and the Egyptians needed to learn. There are not many gods. There is only one God, and He saves, redeems, and delivers us. And His finger doesn’t even come close to the fullness of His power, and His finger alone that controls all things, even the very dust of the earth. And so His finger, cannot just create lice from the dust, but can save, redeem and deliver sinful humanity.

This was the lesson that God was now going to teach the Egyptians, and this is the lesson that we also need to learn. And so this third plagues proves that

The Finger of the Lord Controls All Things