Day 5 - Thursday - Connect to the Testaments: A 365-Day Devotional with Bible Reading Plan - Logos
February 3: Wisdom Can Quickly Become Folly Exodus 7–8 ; John 1:35–51; Song of Solomon 1:8–14 What we need to hear and what we want to hear are rarely the same. Leaders who encourage honesty, allow for errors and establish an environment of trust usually listen to what they need to hear. On the other hand, a dictator will never learn what they really need to know. People shield them or stay away from them; an environment of fear is only destructive. With this point in mind, the story of Moses, Aaron, and Pharaoh becomes even more intriguing. Pharaoh surrounded himself with people who would tell him what he wanted to hear (Exod 7:22), not what he needed to hear: "You're oppressing the Hebrew people, and they will rise up against you. And furthermore, we're afraid of their God, and we can't really do what He can do. We're small-time dark magic; their God is a big time." Instead of speaking this truth, Pharaoh's advisors pretended and conjured up chea...