Thursday, January 23, 2020

 
Devotional thoughts
for
Thursday, January 23, 2020
 
 
“stand and see the salvation of your god”
 
by dona hake
 
 
 
 
 
We continue with day two of meditating of the word ~STAND~ .  Moses and the Israelites  were  in what we may call “In between a rock and a hard place” .  They were afraid and rightly so.   Let us read from the scriptures in the book of Exodus.
 
“Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What is this that you have done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians [as slaves] than to die in the wilderness.” Then Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid! Take your stand [be firm and confident and undismayed] and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for those Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.”
Exodus 14:11-14 – Amplified version
 
When I read the scripture I was pondering how Moses saw the same hopeless situation that the Israelites saw but he had to also deal with the Israelite’s reaction. Can you imagine what Moses had to deal with here?   He saw the same enemy approaching that the Israelites saw, and he saw the same body of water .   Time was not on his side either,it was now that he had to rise above what he saw and what he was hearing. In the natural there was no way out of this mess. The questions and accusations from the Israelites to him must have been so hard for him to deal with and listen to. But no!… His response in a nutshell was  “Do not be afraid, take your stand, be firm, confident and not dismayed. You will see the salvation of the Lord. You see the Egyptians now but you will not see them ever again. 
 
verse 15 The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to move forward [toward the sea]. 16 As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the sons of Israel may go through the middle of the sea on dry land. 17 As for Me, hear this: I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in [the sea] after them; and I will be glorified and honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and his war-chariots and his horsemen.
 
Sometimes in order to stand after we have done or is to keep silent, remain calm and wait with great expectation, and CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD!  Our God is able to do above and beyond all we dare ask or think.  On those days that the enemy tries to accuse you, lie to you and try to convince you that your faith will not work… Stand and see the salvation of your God!