June 5
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
"But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth
put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel." Exod. 11:7
What! Has God power over the tongues of dogs? Can he keep curs from
barking? Yes, it is even so. He can even prevent an Egyptian dog from
worrying one of the lambs of Israel's flock. Doth God silence dogs,
and doggish ones among men, and the great dog at hell's gate? Then let
us move on our way without fear.
If He lets dogs move their tongues, yet He can stop their teeth.
They may make a dreadful noise, and still do us no real harm. Yet, how
sweet is quiet! How delightful to move about among enemies, and
perceive that God maketh them to be at peace with us! Like Daniel in
the den of lions, we are unhurt amid destroyers.
Oh, that today, this word of the Lord to Israel might be true to
me! Does the dog worry me? I will tell my Lord about him. Lord, he
does not care for my pleadings; do thou speak the word of power, and
he must lie down. Give me peace, O my God, and let me see thy hand so
distinctly in it that I may most clearly perceive the difference which
thy grace has made between me and the ungodly!