The background for our text finds Israel running from Egypt. Surrounded by the enemy, they did not see any escape. So we read our text for today from Exodus 14:11-15
“Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
Okay, so they were afraid and wanted to go back to the old ways when their slave masters took care of them. Haven’t you ever been there? Times used to be hard, but the new ways are unknown. Let’s just go back to how things used to be before I started my new life.
Moses assured them that God would not let them down. He assured them, “The Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.” Then he told them, “The Lord will fight or you.” Even that is not enough!
God finally tells them to stop complaining and just move on!
Now that is a message I need. Do you like me, get stopped by fear? Just move forward! He will help. He will fight for you. Only trust him. In fact being frozen with fear is really just not trusting God to be faithful.
Here is the great lesson from this story: Once you know what God wants you to do, just do it! Trust Him. He will fight for you.
Lonnie Davis