Exodus 14-16; Acts 2

Exodus 14:12-15

"Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The LORD will fight for you, and you shall keep silent.”

And the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.


Here they were, trapped between the Egyptian army and the sea. Very limited in their options. The people had no confidence in God. Staying where they had been as slaves to the Egyptians was the easier way than following God. Moses knew God would deliver them. I don't know what he really expected to happen. But from him saying, "The LORD will fight for you," I get the impression that Moses figured God would just eliminate the army as the people stood there.

Yet God says, "go forward." Forward was into the sea. That's just crazy talk, isn't it? Then I keep reminding myself that I trust in the God of the impossible. But my trust in Him needs to be more than mere agreement that He can do the impossible if He chooses. I need to act on what I say I believe. When He says "Go forward." then I go. Sea or no sea. Israel did see the salvation of the Lord, just not in the way anybody would have imagined. But they didn't experience the salvation until they went forward through that impossible path.