Ex 13:17-14:1-31 narrates Israelites Red Sea crossing experience. When Pharaoh let the people go, God decided not to lead them through a short road lest they face battles and decide to go back to Egypt. He led them through the desert.
As the LORD leads us through desert experiences let’s be sure that He is with us. He is before us to lead and light up our way, behind us to protect and shield us and beside us to comfort us Ex 13:21.
The LORD is with us and He will allow challenges, trials to pursue us, but that is not to humiliate us but to prove His sovereignty, power, glory and goodness. The LORD has not redeemed us to let us perish in the wilderness.
When the Israelites were about to cross the Red sea, they looked back and saw Pharaoh’ chariots pursuing them. They began to complain and grumble against Moses saying, “Were there no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness..” Ex 14:10-12. It’s very possible to feel fearful when we face various trials but let us fix our eyes on our Redeemer. The battle isn’t ours but His. You and I only need to be quiet and let God show Himself faithful. When we are talking, complaining and grumbling we lose the focus of our redeemer. In Joshua 6, Joshua gave the Israelites instructions: to walk round the walls of Jericho for six days silently. Without raising their voices, without saying a word.. Had they been allowed to talk, maybe they’d have discouraged each other and they’d have given up.
Have you been talking too much? Have you made your trials too big than your God? Have you magnified your problems more than the big God you serve? Are you grumbling/complaining?
You need only to be QUIET.
Luv
Kachel
Dear God, i'm sorry for talking too much. now i pray, help me to be still and listn to you. help me to wait upon you in quietness.Amen
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