“And Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that
night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.” Exo 14:21
We
all have times when we feel we’ve run out of options. Maybe a job crisis and the money is quickly evaporating
and a fearful end appears in sight.
Could be a marriage, health, family; whatever the situation or scenario
that presents itself the common theme can be the hopeless feeling of being
trapped with no way out. Moses and the Israelite's faced a similar scenario during their exodus from Egypt and the Pharaoh’s army
that was giving chase, causing them to cry out unto the Lord and declared unto
Moses that he only brought them out to the desert to die because there were no
graves in Egypt (vs 11). But Moses knew God was the God that delivers, so much
so, that even though their backs were literally against the wall (sea), he didn’t
hesitate to turn to God; “And Moses said
unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.”
(vs 13). This poses the question, where
does your hope end? Some become fearful
at the inkling of a dead end in the life, others are prone to journey momentarily
until the actual dead-end is in sight. It’s
like driving when lost, we all have a different point of time in which we
finally through up our hands in despair.
And like the Israelite's, sometimes our only options are a stormy sea
ahead or the pursuing enemy from behind, what an option. Fear is real, but it can be faced with the
strength of God at our disposal, “The
Lord shall fight for you…” (vs 14).
God commanded Moses to speak unto the children of Israel that they are
to go forward into the sea, on dry ground!
The same God, who stood with Moses and
the children of Israel, is the same God you stand with before your own obstacles;
but the real options is your response, is it going to be as the children crying
out in hopelessness or declare as Moses “Fear
not and see the salvation of the Lord.”?
Hope
is the promise of finding a new path while staring at a dead end.
HSAY…Todd
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