Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
So there were the Israelites, in a heap of trouble. The Red Sea raging in front of them, and Pharaoh's army charging behind them. No place to run to, no place to hide.
"What have you done to us, Moses!" the Israelites cried out to their leader. "What's the matter? Were there not enough graves for all of us in Egypt, so you brought us out here to die instead? We were better off as slaves in Egypt!"
"Don't be afraid," Moses responded as he looked out over the anguished multitude. "Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."
And soon thereafter the millions of Israelites were safe and dry on the other side of the Red Sea, while Pharaoh's army and soldiers and horses and chariots were swept under the raging waters. The Israelites sang a song of victory, having seen the incredible miracle that God performed right at the moment when things looked impossible to them.
It's the same for us. We have troubles ahead of us, troubles behind us, and troubles to our left and right. We can't go anywhere. We're trapped. There's no relief in sight. It looks bleak. It looks hopeless. We anguish and cry and preoccupy and worry ourselves to the point of ulcers because we can't see the way out.
But we don't have the eyes of God.
And so while we fret and worry and get sick with tension, God says to us exactly what He told Moses to tell the Israelites: "Don't be afraid. Don't worry. I'll deliver you from your problem situation. I'll do the fighting for you. Just be still, and let Me do it."
It's awesome to know just how much God is willing to do for His children. When we stand before the Red Sea in our lives, surrounded by problems and battles and attacks on every side, God says that we don't have to do anything. Just stand still, and let Him do the fighting for us. He will do the fighting, and we will get the victory, and He will get the glory.
We must have faith in God, even when things look impossible to us.
"What have you done to us, Moses!" the Israelites cried out to their leader. "What's the matter? Were there not enough graves for all of us in Egypt, so you brought us out here to die instead? We were better off as slaves in Egypt!"
"Don't be afraid," Moses responded as he looked out over the anguished multitude. "Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."
And soon thereafter the millions of Israelites were safe and dry on the other side of the Red Sea, while Pharaoh's army and soldiers and horses and chariots were swept under the raging waters. The Israelites sang a song of victory, having seen the incredible miracle that God performed right at the moment when things looked impossible to them.
It's the same for us. We have troubles ahead of us, troubles behind us, and troubles to our left and right. We can't go anywhere. We're trapped. There's no relief in sight. It looks bleak. It looks hopeless. We anguish and cry and preoccupy and worry ourselves to the point of ulcers because we can't see the way out.
But we don't have the eyes of God.
And so while we fret and worry and get sick with tension, God says to us exactly what He told Moses to tell the Israelites: "Don't be afraid. Don't worry. I'll deliver you from your problem situation. I'll do the fighting for you. Just be still, and let Me do it."
It's awesome to know just how much God is willing to do for His children. When we stand before the Red Sea in our lives, surrounded by problems and battles and attacks on every side, God says that we don't have to do anything. Just stand still, and let Him do the fighting for us. He will do the fighting, and we will get the victory, and He will get the glory.
We must have faith in God, even when things look impossible to us.
posted by Stephen Guschov at 5:18 PM
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