Exodus 14: 15-20: “And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.”
Too often in our Christians lives we spend time praying and begging the Lord to do something for us when we should be willing to move ahead. Moses obeyed the Lord and delivered Israel from Egypt but now he was worried that something might happen to them. Why would the Lord go to all the trouble of delivering Israel from Egypt and taking the lives of Egypt’s firstborn if He was just going to allow them to perish in the desert. The Lord told Israel where to go because He led them by day and by night to this very place. There was only a small problem, quite a large sea was in the way. This was no “Sea of Reeds” that could be crossed without too much trouble. This was a large body water but there was security on the other side. It was time for Moses to do something rather than just stand there and cry out to the Lord. If they were willing to see the salvation of the Lord they had to actually move towards the water and see what the Lord would do. However, they would need a full day for the approximately two million people with all their animals to cross over this obstacle so the Lord protected them from Egypt during the night. The pillar gave Israel protection and comfort while it left the Egyptians in darkness. This was also another warning to Egypt because they had already been through some darkness that led to death. All Moses had to do was to use his staff to make the way forward possible. We too can see the Lord work if we are willing to trust Him and move forward.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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