There’s a really cool comment in parentheses in the book of Exodus: “(The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people)” (Exodus 11:3; see also 12:36).
At Moses’ word bad things have happened in Egypt; in fact, nine bad things have happened so far. Blood, frogs, gnats, hail, locusts, and other nasty things have plagued the Egyptians, and still the general population—and even the inner court of Pharaoh—hold Moses and the Israelites in high regard!
The King James Version says it this way: “The Lord gave the people favor.”
Favor with people doesn’t come when I try to please people. Favor with people comes when I try to please God.
People didn’t respect Moses because he cowered before Pharaoh, but because he feared God.
Ironic, isn’t it? We fear the opinion of people, which excludes us from the favor of God, which robs us of favor with people!
To grow in favor with people, to earn their respect, I must be sold-out to God. I must not care about the opinion of people in order to be highly favored by people.
Craig T. Owens 
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