“And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.”
And the Lord did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. The precision of the fulfillment is again exact: not a fly remained. Complete removal, total answer. The God who sent the flies at a word removes them at a word. The prayer of one man standing outside Pharaoh's palace is enough. This is the kind of faith described in Matthew 17:20: if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move. Moses' prayer is not elaborate or lengthy — it is confident intercession from a man who knows the character of the God he is addressing. The flies leave because Moses prayed, and Moses' prayer was answered because God is faithful to His word. Both parts of that sentence are equally important.
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