Crossing the Red sea

Exodus 13:17-14:31

Did you notice that God didn't lead them by the direct route-in case they were frightened? It makes me think of times when I thought the way I was traveling seemed round a bout-perhaps there was a reason I wasn't aware of. I love that Moses had Joseph's bones. Even though they had been in Egypt 430 years, and Moses was barely brought up as an Israelite, he knew enough and kept the promise made to Joseph so long ago. That tells me they had remembered to keep their story alive during all this time. Someone remembered. Would that we all tell the story and remember the acts of God, and His people.

Do we, like Pharaoh forget God when he is out of our sight? Do we forget the mighty acts of God? Apparently the Egyptians are not the only ones...what do the Israelites say? Is it that there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us out here to die?...We told you to leave us alone.

Do I do this? Is this what I tell God when I doubt his providence? Or don't agree to his purpose?

Moses asks them why they are afraid: The Lord will fight for them.

The Lord asks Why do you cry to me...do what I already told you to do. It is a Nike moment. (Just Do It!)

"Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses."

Today: Just Do It! 

See you tomorrow

-maggie