Bible Study March 4, 2024
Exodus 14:21 – 25 (NASB)
“21 Then Moses reached out with his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 So the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left. 23 Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. 24 But at the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion. 25 He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
How many of the millions of Israelites stood at the Red Sea before crossing of the Red Sea thought God would deliver them? Maybe a one-third, one half, how many do you believe saw deliverance? After all they had been in captivity and freedom must have seemed something in the far future to them.
They were on the banks the Egyptian army was getting closer and there was no way out for them. Life and death hung in the balance. The only way out was to trust in God that he would bring their deliverance. The water created impending doom for them with it before them and the Egyptians coming up behind them.
Their only choice was to believe they would be spared and that took a great amount of faith with what stood before them. What if the waters parted would the land be dry so they could walk across the riverbed, what if the river flowed back together once again before they all crossed? The big what if?
By faith they marched.
“It’s always to early to quit.” Norman Vincent Peale.
Asbury Chapel 