"I will make a distinction between my people and your people.

As God’s chosen people, as believers, when we move into something new, the devil always wants to try to get in the mix. And something that one of my brothers in Christ said, recently, that I thought was profound, by the way, it's Devin Keeps Going. That's his channel name here. He offers a lot of insight and encouragement for the children of God, so if you want to follow, go check that out. He said that the Devil can't stop God’s will, but he can try to defer it. I'm reading Exodus right now, and I just feel like my actual life is so parallel to this, and I know many of us feel this way. The up that we're all a lot of the children of God are in transition, and I know that there's been a lot of words circulating out there for those who are involved in the prophetic movement, just saying, leap, you know, take the leap of faith, God is with you encouraging you to move into a new environment, and when the Israelites we're led out of the desert and so I want to read to you a couple scriptures, out of Exodus. Chapters 8 and 9, and what I love is this story. Pharaoh is holding on to the Israelites as slaves in Egypt, and so they're being very mistreated; they are crying out to God for help, and they feel powerless against the Pharaoh. He sends Moses, anoints Moses to go rescue His people out of the desert, and Pharaoh doesn't want to let God’s people go, because, we bring blessings with us. And yes, it still amazes me. And in my own life and experience, how people will abuse and hate and hurt you. But yet they want to keep you, and so it's very parallel to Pharaoh. It says that he had a hard heart towards God, and God keeps saying through Moses, “Let my people go.” And Pharaoh keeps saying no. And God keeps showing up and showing His power through him. Through different plagues and turning the Nile into blood. But every time he does this, Pharaoh's heart just gets harder. And I think a lot of times we think, when we're sharing the truth with someone, and we're sharing the Gospel with them. But we know that it's such a gift, and so it surprises us when people harden their hearts. But God uses even that. I love these 2 verses. Exodus. Chapter 8. Verse 23 says, “I will make a distinction between my people and your people.” And that means that God is saying through Moses to Pharaoh, I'm going to make a distinction between my people and your people. And after that, all of the plagues came on the house and the people and the livestock of Pharaoh, but then it says here again in chapter 9 verse 4 of Exodus, it says, “But the Lord will make a distinction between them. It's the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’ And then it says he did that, not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died, and still Pharaoh's heart was unyielding, and so what that tells me I'm just so encouraged by those verses, because it says to me, it says that when we're set apart in Christ. We don't have the same consequences as people who have a hard heart against God. So people who are even trying to mess with you, bully you, intimidate you, you know that they're playing the cat and mouse game with you. The people of God need to spot those kinds of people and make a note. My sister friend in Christ was talking about heavenly boundaries to pray, Heavenly boundaries over your life and your home. And you're calling, and your family to stand on those Heavenly boundaries. I think you have to discern sometimes between someone who is operating in a hard heart or someone who is dealing with a lot and is on your side, but is working through some of their stuff and needs grace. There's grace, there is a lot of grace for Pharaoh; that's the thing, is that God gave Pharaoh about 7 chances to say yes, and God gives us a lot of chances to say yes. And yes, even your enemies, he gives chances to see that God loves them. And that God is drawing them to his goodness, and you're a vessel for that. But also recognize if something feels amiss and be discerning and just politely and lovingly set your boundaries, your Heavenly boundaries.