WHY DO WE WAIT?
Today's reading: Exodus 8-10

"Then Pharoah summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, Plead with the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let the people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord. You set the time, Moses replied. Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials and your people. I will pray that you and your houses be rid of the frogs. Then only the frogs in the Nile River will remain. Do it tomorrow, Pharoah said..." Exodus 8:8-10 NLT

Why in the world did Pharoah not shout, 'Right now! Pray that the frogs be gone, right now!'?

Had he not heard enough of their croaking?

Had he not shoo-ed enough of them out of his bed?

Had he not grown tired of emptying them out of his cereal bowl in the morning so he could have his Frosted Flakes?

He wanted them gone--or he wouldn't have summoned Moses and Aaron.

He knew from where they came--or he wouldn't have asked them to plead with the Lord.

He was at a breaking point--or he wouldn't have offered this consolation and bowed to the Lord's plague.

Was he a little like us?

Could it be that he was beginning to grow a little comfortable around the 'sin' that was hanging around his neck?

I mean, to put off until tomorrow what could have been taken care of immediately, he had seen Moses' God do quick work with the blood.

Why do we do what we do some days?