Walls of Water

When reading the Exodus story again, I paused to consider how scary it must have been for those who walked on the path God had created by dividing the waters of the Red Sea. (Exodus 14:21, 22) When the Israelites left Egypt, they were pursued by Pharaoh's chariots, and the people were trapped between the enemy and the uncrossable sea. At God's command, Moses stretched out his rod over the sea, but if I am reading the account correctly, a useable path did not immediately appear—sorry about that, Charlton Heston. ("Moses" in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film, The Ten Commandments). The Scripture says God caused a strong east wind to blow all night. Either that caused the water to heap into walls on not one, but two, sides—an impossibility without Divine intervention—or Moses' action divided the sea and then the wind held back the waves and dried the seabed. Either scenario is truly miraculous.

There is significance for us in the way God got His people across the sea. He did not transport them during the night so that when they awakened, they suddenly found themselves on the opposite shore. He did not enable them to walk on top of the water either. He did not remove the sea, nor did He dispose of the enemy. He made a way through—and He will do the same for us.

"My Child, the wind which you feared for its power to harm,
I have chosen to use as the strength of My arm,
And while your soul suffers the darkness of night,
I'm dividing the waters to the left and the right.
At last when the light dawns and once more you see,
You will find an escape made for you there by Me.
Though the host of the enemy is still close at hand,
You can walk through your Red Sea upon the dry land.

"I've made only a pathway, not a calm, placid sea
For I want you to walk in reliance on Me.
I will use all your trials and heartaches today
To guide you and keep you in My chosen way.
There'll be wind, there'll be billows that foam and toss high,
But the waves cannot touch you for I am still nigh.
You will walk upon dry land in the midst of the sea
And the great walls of water will press you to Me."

MaryMartha
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