A Great Salvation and Deliverance by God -Exodus
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..let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians. For it had been better for us
to serve the Egyptians , than that we should die in the wilderness."
So said the people of Israel to Moses after
leaving Egypt and being pursued by Pharaoh and 600 chariots. The people were " sore afraid" ,
and they cried out to the LORD. But what
they cried was not very forward looking.
We should have just stayed in Egypt and served the Egyptians.
Do you ever feel as though you have had your back to the wall and there is no
rescue? Have this ever happened? And our
first reaction is that of the Israelites.
We think , " how did we get here?" " We should have stayed where we
were." This is not what we call
forward thinking , is it?
Loss causes this reaction in us. At first we are in shock that this or that
has happened to us. Then we deny the
situation. This did not happen. Then we get angry and look for ways to bargain
our way out. At last after fear comes
acceptance and then we go back to the first stage all over again. Shock,
denial, anger, bargaining . What did I
do wrong? " Because there were no
graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away
to die in the wilderness?"
Moses said unto the people, " Fear ye not,
stand still ( or stand your ground) and see the salvation of the LORD which He
will show you to day." 14:13
In the middle of it, we are told to not to have
fear. " Fear ye not" When our friends and our family members are
no longer here with us and have gone to be with God, we have fear. We are alone.
We are troubled. We miss them for
they were so important in our lives.
Isaiah 41 says to us , " But you ( Israel) are my servant, ( Jacob)
whom I have chosen...my friend. ...Fear thou not. for I am with thee: be not
dismayed; for I am thy God...I I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with
the right hand of my righteousness..."
And in Isaiah 43 we read, "..Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with thee...."
Just as God delivered Israel from the Egyptians ,
He will rescue us from the grave of death by the resurrection of His Son Jesus
from the dead. We pass through the
waters and they are divided for all believers.
In heaven we cry no more. All
will be well in the eternal presence of
God and His angels and with those we love and those who love us . " Fear not"
2. In the
middle of our difficulties and losses, Moses says, " Stand your
ground." The foes of God are around
us. They are coming with a great army of temptations and testings and in the
middle of this we are to not give way.
We are to hold the ground that has been purchased by the blood of Jesus
, a " new and living way which He has consecrated for us." Hebrews
10:20 The people of God were to stand
their ground in the midst of a great army of chariots of destruction." The
LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace." Ex 14:14 If we
are right and in right then we are on God's side.
3. "
see the salvation of the LORD , which He will show you to day." 14:13 God says to Moses to tell the children of
Israel to go forward and then he must lift " up (thy) rod and stretch out
thine hand over the sea, and divide it, and the children of Israel shall go on
dry ground through the midst of the sea."
The angel of God went behind them, and the pillar of the cloud was
darkness to the Egyptians. When Moses stretched out his hand again this time
the Egyptians were covered in the sea. " THERE REMAINED NOT SO MUCH AS ONE
OF THEM." We too are saved through
the precious blood of Christ, a lamb foreordained before the foundation of the
world, without sin. I Peter 1:19 God
does not lose one of His children. NOT ONE. NO NOT ONE is lost. " My sheep hear My
voice, and I know them, and they follow me. and I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my
hand." John 10:27
" Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of
the hand of the Egyptians...and the people feared the LORD, and believed the
LORD, and his servant Moses." Ex.14:31
God will bring His work of salvation to
completion in our lives as well. We are
not lost if we have truly believed in Him and His Son Jesus. we are " confident of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of
Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6
In the Exodus we have a great deliverance of the
people of God from the hand of the Egyptians.
In Jesus we have a great salvation and deliverance from our own ways and
sinful lives as we bear His cross daily.
FEAR NOT, Stand your ground, and you will see the
salvation of the LORD.
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