一个也不能少！
出埃及记十章21至29节
21耶和华对摩西说：你向天伸杖，使埃及地黑暗；这黑暗似乎摸得着。
22摩西向天伸杖，埃及遍地就乌黑了三天。
23三天之久，人不能相见，谁也不敢起来离开本处；惟有以色列人家中都有亮光。
24法老就召摩西来，说：你们去事奉耶和华；只是你们的羊群牛群要留下；你们的妇人孩子可以和你们同去。
25摩西说：你总要把祭物和燔祭牲交给我们，使我们可以祭祀耶和华─我们的神。
26我们的牲畜也要带去，连一蹄也不留下；因为我们要从其中取出来，事奉耶和华─我们的神。我们未到那里，还不知道用甚么事奉耶和华。
27但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，不肯容他们去。
28法老对摩西说：你离开我去罢，你要小心，不要再见我的面！因为你见我面的那日你就必死！
29摩西说：你说得好！我必不再见你的面了。
信息分享
这连串的灾祸能否使法老改变初衷？法老确实作出了一些改变，他提议摩西带领部分以色列离去，把羊群牛群留下；但摩西却断然拒绝，他对法老的回复是：「要全部一齐去！一个也不能少！」
法老的建议其实相当有趣。它们听起来，就好像撒但今天经常在信徒耳边作出的提议一样：
不要走得很远(八25-28)。撒但今天会怎样对信徒说？「做基督徒没有问题，但不要做得太沉迷。」
你们这壮年人去吧！其余的家人要留下(十10-11)。撒但同样会对信徒说：「你自己相信便行；不应该影响别人。」
你们可以去，但要留下羊群牛群(十24)。撒但岂不经常对信徒说：「做一名普通信徒便可以，要将信仰与生活分开，更特别要与金钱分开。」
这些建议是否有点儿耳熟？摩西怎样回答呢？他说：「不行！要全部离去，一个也不能少！」信徒要顺服神的心意，就必须完全按照神的时间、方式和计划去做，不能只做一半。这才是蒙福之途。
撒但经常哄骗我们，只要满足神的最低要求便可以。我们若听从他的建议，便只会失掉了神为我们预备的最大福气。神极之愿意赐福给我们，但我们必须先顺服祂的心意。我们对神的回应，究竟是全心全意，抑或半心半意呢？
反思：
我们无须不断求神赐福；只要我们愿意顺服神，神就会自然赐福给我们。
ALL OR NOTHING
Exodus 10: 21 - 29
21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt.”
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said, “Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your little ones also go with you.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
26 Our livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the LORD our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there.”
27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
28 Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 So Moses said, “You have spoken well. I will never see your face again.”
Message
What effect did those plagues have on Pharaoh and the Egyptians? Pharaoh several times suggested ideas or plans to Moses about who should leave Egypt or how they should go, but Moses simply replied, 'All or nothing'.
These suggestions of Pharaoh's are very interesting. They sound so like the suggestions Satan makes to Christians today. Here are some of them:
1. Don't go very far away (8:25-28). What does Satan say today? 'Be a Christian but don't get too excited about it.'
2. Let the men go, but leave your families behind (10:10-11). 'It's all right for you, but don't try and make anyone else believe like you do.'
3. Let the people go, but leave all your flocks behind (10:24). 'Be a Christian if you want to, but don't let it touch the rest of your life, certainly not your giving.'
Don't those suggestions sound familiar? What was Moses' answer each time? 'All or nothing!' The only way to be obedient to God is to do all that he wants, in the way he wants and at the time he wants. That is the way of blessing.
Satan continually tries to persuade us to live on a lower level than God desires for us. If we listen to his voice, the result will be that we will always miss out on God's best. God is waiting to bless us, but first of all he wants our obedience. Does he have that in your life and mine?
A THOUGHT:
We are never told to ask for blessing. We are told to be obedient, then blessing will follow.