Exodus 8:5-11 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only."
The LORD had given Pharaoh fair warning of what He was going to do. In keeping with His word, Moses instructed Aaron to hold his rod over the waters of Egypt. When he did so, frogs came up out of the water and covered the land of Egypt. They were in their homes, in their food supply, and they could not be turned aside.
God had once again turned the river the Egyptians worshipped against them. He had made it a plague unto the people and unto the land. Again, Pharaoh’s magicians added insult to injury by appearing to duplicate what God had just done. As if the frogs God was sending were not enough, they made it appear that they were calling forth even more. I cannot imagine that Pharaoh was happy with his magicians at this point.
Pharaoh was beginning to learn something. Notice that he did not ask Moses and Aaron to get rid of the frogs. Instead, he asked them to pray to the LORD that He would remove the plague of frogs from the land. Further, he did not refer to the God of the Hebrews but rather to “the LORD,” acknowledging that He was LORD of all.
Moses wanted to be sure that Pharaoh continued to understand who was in control of the whole situation. He told Pharaoh to “glory over him.” In other words, he wanted Pharaoh to pick the time when the frogs would be destroyed. When Pharaoh picked the time, Moses declared that it would happen at the time chosen so that Pharaoh would know that “there is none like unto the LORD our God.”
Beloved of God, He is just and holy. The LORD does not bring judgement without warning. When that judgement comes, our idols cannot save us regardless of how long we have trusted in them. We bring more harm when we try to prove that we can do the works that only belong to God. May we be blessed to acknowledge as Moses did that there is none like unto the LORD our God!