For many things that come about, there's usually a defining moment.
Some event between when something is in its infancy stage and when it is established.
Take a company, for example.
It slowly grows and people are added in.
And then at some point, maybe it's when it goes public.
Maybe it's when the product is first produced.
But it becomes defined.
And that could be the same for a lot of things.
Let's take a house as an example.
A house is really defined when it's finished and sold.
A marriage is defined when two people come together.
Or two people, their life together is defined when that marriage takes place.
And our passage this morning in Exodus 14 describes a defining moment for the Israelites.
We know they were there before.
God's covenant with Abraham and the blessings and the growth that happened.
And Joseph bringing his family into Egypt.
We know those things.
They were there before.
But here in this chapter, Exodus 14, God wants to define them and himself in a bigger way.
And so we're going to read this passage this morning.
If you would turn to Exodus 14.
And we're going to stand, if you would, if you're able to, as we read this together, the whole chapter.
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-Hahareth between Migdal and the sea.
In front of Baal-Zephon, you shall encamp facing it by the sea.
For Pharaoh will save the people of Israel.
They are wandering in the land.
The wilderness has shut them in.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them.
And I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.
And they did so.
Then the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled.
I'm sorry.
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled,
the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people.
And they said,
What is this we have done that we have let Israel go from serving us?
So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him
and took 600 choice chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over them all.
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
And he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly.
The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army,
and overtook them and camped by the sea by Pi-he-harath in front of Baal-zeephan.
When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes.
And behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly.
And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
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 have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt?
Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians.
For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
And Moses said to the people,
Fear not, stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today.
For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.
The Lord said to Moses,
Why do you cry to me?
Tell the people of Israel to go forward.
Lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it,
that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.
And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them,
and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts, his chariots, and his horsemen.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Then the angel of the Lord, who was going before the host of Israel,
moved and went behind them.
And the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel.
And there was a cloud and the darkness,
and it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night
and made the sea dry land.
And the waters were divided.
And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground,
the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea,
all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and all his horsemen.
And in the morning watch, the Lord and the pillar of fire and of cloud
looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily.
And the Egyptians said,
Let us flee from before Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the water may come back over the Egyptians,
upon their chariots and upon their horsemen.
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared.
And as the Egyptians fled into it,
the Lord threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen.
Of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea,
not one of them remained.
But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea,
the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
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.
You may be seated.
Lord, we ask that you would work this morning.
We know that you are here with us,
and we ask that your spirit would be at work as we look deeper into this passage,
that you would comfort those who are struggling with their trust and their faith in you,
that you would encourage us
and open our eyes
to how you desire us to live
and how we should see our salvation
in light of what's going on around us.
Lord, be lifted up and magnified in your word today,
and we ask amen.
This is an awesome passage.
There's a lot stuck in here.
Tomorrow's a holiday, right?
So we have a lot of time.
Amen.
The crossing of the Red Sea is arguably one of the most significant events in the Old Testament.
It's mentioned numerous times for the purpose of emphasizing God's amazing act of salvation,
which he brought to his people.
And in the history of the Israelites, it's their pinnacle event,
their defining moment.
Not their defining moment because they defined it.
Their defining moment because God defined it.
He defined it.
He put his seal and his name on them.
And the crossing of the Red Sea is the final act of their rescue from slavery
that we've read about up until this point.
The crossing of the Red Sea is not just key to the Israelites in the Old Testament.
It also plays an important role in the New Testament as well.
And we're going to talk about that in a couple minutes.
If you're like me, you like knowing where things happen.
And as we start out this chapter, the first couple verses kind of help us out a little bit.
At least we think from the beginning.
I think we have a map up here if it's visible.
As we look at verse 2, we seem to get a lot of locations, right?
Tell the people of Israel to turn back in a camp in front of Piharath,
between Migdal and the sea, in front of Beelzefin, camp there facing the sea.
Sounds like we can almost know where that is.
So just to get a quick idea, that's what the area is that they're looking at.
The Red Sea, portions of the Red Sea that go up.
Egypt in the top left, there in the gray area, would kind of be the area of Goshen
where the Israelites are coming out of.
The problem is all these locations, when you dig into them, are pretty vague.
So Piharath means mouth of water.
I think there's a couple mouths of water there.
We're not sure.
There's two here, but also there's smaller tributaries up at the top
that people could look at that and say, well, that's the mouth of water, mouth of the canal.
Now, there's also Migdal, which is mentioned here.
That just means watchtower, which actually related to these military outposts
that Egyptians set up throughout Egypt.
So now we have something that could be located in various areas.
And then we have Beelzefin.
So they were told to camp on one side,
and they could look over and see Beelzefin on the other side.
The problem is no one really knows where Beelzefin is either.
So nothing helpful there.
But what we do know is that they were told to come up to the Red Sea.
And what we do know is God provided a way of salvation across the Red Sea.
And what's interesting is back in the beginning of Exodus, if you remember,
it's Pharaoh who tells his people to throw the Israelite boys into the sea
to get rid of the Israelites.
And now we find that the Egyptians are getting rid of by that same very sea.
So there's this ironic twist here taking place.
The Lord will fight for his people.
It's our title this morning.
And by his people, we're talking about the Israelites here,
but we also know that as that continues on and God's people becomes the church that he died for,
the Israelites that he fought for becomes you and I,
believers in Jesus Christ, who he also fights for.
And so under that theme, there's three areas we want to look at.
And the first one is that God directs.
Moses is given these directions here in the beginning and told the people of Israel where to go and what to do.
We see God's plan if you look at verses three and four.
For Pharaoh will say to the people of Israel,
they're wandering in the wilderness or in the land and the wilderness has shut them in.
From a military perspective, it really seems like God has a really bad idea.
Going on.
Take a big group of previously released slaves,
take them out into the wilderness with their children and their grandparents,
with all their belongings.
Oh, and also they have valuables taken from their former owners.
Now, take them in the wilderness, spin them around a little bit,
make them look like confused ducks and then sit them out there by the sea.
Like, that's what it looks like.
Like, it's funny though, but because how often does God's plan and timing to us
not look the most efficient, the most timeliest, the most obvious?
I think we can all attest to that.
But God's thoughts are not our thoughts.
His plans, his ways are not our ways.
In verse 4, he gives us his plan.
He says,
I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them
and I will get glory over Pharaoh and his hosts
and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.
So we see here that God is using the Egyptians
and how they are going into the wilderness
in a way to taunt the Egyptians.
He also hardened Pharaoh's heart again
and it makes them question why they let the Israelites go in the first place.
In the end of verse 5, it says,
the Egyptians say,
what have we done that we have let Israel go from serving us?
The NIV says,
we have lost our services.
I think it's kind of comical that they think that they let them go.
It's kind of like the loser of a battle
wondering why he gave up his possessions.
You got beat, right?
That's why they left.
You had no choice.
But they didn't see that.
They saw their loss of a slavery force.
They saw them defenseless in the wilderness
and God hardened their heart.
That was a big thing too.
All that came together
and you have this irresistible situation
that is too much for Pharaoh
and we see in verse 6 his response.
He readies his chariot.
He readies 600 choice chariots
and all the chariots of the land and his army.
And he says that he places officers over them.
Meaning that they're not just some massive force
going out into the wilderness
but they're a massive force with logic,
with tactical groups
so that in the middle of battle
they can adjust and attack from different sides.
That's what's going out to meet the Egyptians.
The Egyptians are going out to war
and in verse 8 it says the Israelites,
not knowing that they were being pursued,
are going out defiantly.
That description seems odd at first
but it lines up if you look back
at the previous chapter in verse 18
where it says the people of Israel
went up out of the land of Egypt
equipped for battle.
So they're defiant,
not against God
but against the Egyptians.
They're ready for battle.
They feel strong and obedient
because there it says that they do
what God tells them to do
and where he directs them.
Everything seems good, right?
Seems that way.
That is until the enemy gets close.
Isn't that when we struggle?
When the circumstances stop being easy
and the problems get bigger,
we follow God
and have a great relationship
until our plans get changed
and our comforts get squeezed.
We don't see a way out
and there's something too big
standing right in front of us.
That's what's happened to the Israelites.
The Egyptians have caught up to them.
Verse 10 says,
When Pharaoh drew near,
the people of Israel
lifted up their eyes
and behold,
the Egyptians were marching after them
and they feared greatly
and the people cried out to the Lord.
Sounds good at first.
People of God,
we need to keep our,
or people, children of God
like the Israelites,
we need to keep our eyes on him.
Their view changed
and at first it seemed like
they are doing a good thing
by crying out to the Lord.
But as we look further,
verse 10,
we see that actually
their heart attitude
and where they're actually thinking
was self-focused
and lacking in faith.
Actually,
I think you could say
that their cries for help
were almost godless.
See,
in verse 11 and 12,
their cries were filled
with sarcasm
and unbelief
and lies.
They say to Moses,
Is it because
there are no graves in Egypt
that you have taken us
to die in the wilderness?
Really?
Like,
there's not enough land
in Egypt
that they could be buried in?
Or,
that the Egyptians
were not professionals
at dealing with dead people
and knowing how to bury them?
That's their sarcasm.
And then next they say,
What have you done to us
in bringing us out of Egypt?
Really,
you have to ask that too.
You know why you were brought
out of Egypt.
You know that God
was the one leading you.
He was just leading you.
But did they yet
have real belief
in what God was doing?
Did they have any trust
he had a plan for them?
Not a plan
that was going to fail.
And then they just start lying.
Right?
In verse 12,
they say,
Is not this
what we said to you
in Egypt?
Leave us alone
that we may serve
the Egyptians.
No,
they didn't.
That's a lie.
They never said that.
If anything,
when Moses came
to the leaders
and told them
why he was there
and told them
that God heard their cries,
they were encouraged
and ready to go.
They didn't say,
Leave me alone.
Anybody else start lying
when bad things happen?
Now,
we might not say
it's lying, right?
We'll call it complaining.
It's kind of our way
of exaggerating
about things
when we are fearful
and frustrated.
We don't understand
why things are
the way they are.
It's too hard for me.
God must be confused.
He doesn't understand
how I feel.
Or I can't live
without that job.
I can't go another year
without that thing.
God's forgotten about me.
I don't even think
he has a purpose for me.
If I wasn't a Christian,
maybe I wouldn't have to deal
with these trials
and temptations
that I'm going through.
These are all lies,
brothers and sisters.
These are lies
that we tell ourselves.
These are lies
that the enemy feeds us
when we're struggling
and we don't understand
the difficult situation
that we're in.
They're lies
and they're godless.
And they pull us
away from him.
They admit to that
practically in verse 12
because they say
they have two options.
One,
serve the Egyptians
or die in the wilderness.
Those are the two options
that they say
that they have
before Moses.
God's presence,
his plan of deliverance
were not even options
in their mind.
Why?
Because they stopped
looking to God
and they instead focused
on Pharaoh
and his army.
They're still living
in the past
and not yet embracing
the freedom
that God was providing
for them.
thankfully,
God knows their struggle.
Knew their struggle,
he knows our struggle.
And he graciously
stays with them
like he graciously
stays with us.
Directing them
as they go.
As they're fearful,
they're anxious,
they're melting down
from the stress
of not trusting God,
Moses steps in
and he gives them
this pep talk
in verses 13 and 14.
He says,
fear not,
stand firm
and see the salvation
of the Lord.
The Egyptians
that you see
and are fearful of today,
you will never see again.
The Lord will fight for you
and you have only
to be silent.
As I thought
about these two verses,
it reminded me
of an old slogan
that was used
as a warning
at railroad crossings.
And the warning was,
stop,
look,
and listen.
And this is what we have
Moses saying
to the people.
Fear not
and stand still.
Just stop.
Stop your anxiety.
Stop your running around.
Stand firm.
You have no reason
to fear.
And next is,
look.
Moses said,
see the salvation
of the Lord.
Look
at what he does.
And then lastly,
listen.
The Lord will fight
for you
and you only,
you have only
to be silent.
Listen
to what
God
is doing.
This is for us now.
Listen
to what
he is doing.
Listen
to how
he has
fought
and is
fighting
for you.
We can all
benefit from
a pep talk
like that.
Stand firm,
see his salvation,
and be silent.
As we get
to verse 15,
it can seem
a little strange
at first
because it was
the people
who were crying
to Moses,
but it says,
the Lord says
to Moses,
why do you
cry to me?
But it makes
sense.
If we remember
that Moses
is the mediator,
right?
He is God's
spokesman
to the Israelites.
He is like
God to them.
But at the same
time,
he represents
the people.
He is like
the Israelites
before God.
So,
as the Israelites
are crying
before God
and addressing
them,
God says,
why do you
cry to me?
Now is not
the time
to complain.
Now is the
time not
to cry out,
not even
to pray to me.
God says,
tell the people
to go forward.
I have brought
you out
for a purpose.
I am leading
you.
Now go.
He instructs
Moses to lift
up his staff,
stretch his
hand out
over the sea
and divide it
so that the
people may go
through the sea
on dry ground.
Don't we
need a kick
in the pants
like that
sometimes?
We know
what to do
and maybe
we fall back
on,
I just have
to pray
about it.
I don't
know.
There are
times when
we face
a situation
where nothing
wrong with
prayer but we
just need
to go and
do it.
We know
what the
right thing
is.
We don't
need to sit
longer and
pray about
it.
You know
what God
has called
you to do.
You know
what he
says in
your word.
Now just
go and do
it.
Up until
this point
we see the
Egyptian army
getting ready
to attack.
The Israelite
people are
told to
stand firm.
Their backs
are to the
water.
And we get
to verse 19
and 20.
We find a
pause in the
battle.
Like a pause
in a movie
right where you
have two sides
that are getting
ready to have
this battle
and all of a
sudden the
movie writers
decide to
kind of
pause that
scene and
they take
you over
and they
show you
something else.
The reason
for that is
because that
something else
is important
to look at.
The battle
is still
going to
go but
it's kind
of paused
for a
moment and
we see
that here.
The author
wants to
make sure
we see
God and
his presence
with the
people before
this battle
begins.
To see how
he moves from
directing his
people to
protecting his
people.
And that's
our second
point.
The God
that directs
his people
is also
the God
that protects
his people.
The angel
of God
that Sean
talked about
last week
was going
before them.
He's leading
them.
He's moving
now and
is going
behind them.
Not because
he's left
them or he's
giving up his
post.
No, he is
moving into
a position
of protection.
Pharaoh and
his army have
called up to
the Israelites
and peer to
have them
trapped by
the sea.
And yet
they can
move no
closer than
what God
allows them
to move.
Just when it
seems there's
no time,
there's no
escape,
the people
are fearful,
the anxiety
and stress
is building,
God moves
in and
creates this
wall that
creates all
the time that
God needs.
really the
time that
we need
to get
ready for
what's
about to
take place.
And as
God holds
back the
Egyptian
army,
Moses
stretches
out his
hand and
God causes
the waters
to become
divided such
that the
Israelites would
be able to
cross on
dry land.
That would
be an
awesome
sight to
see.
I'm thinking
the Charles
River is
probably not a
good example.
It's a little
small.
I don't know
how deep it
is, but if
you were to
go to
Revere Beach,
now stand on
the shore and
you see the
waters divide,
that would be
pretty awesome.
I think it
would also be a
little frightening.
Like at first
it's not very
deep.
It's not a
scary thing,
right?
But as you
look further
down the
path,
the sea is
deep.
The waters
on the side
are,
they're huge.
The sea used
to be right
there and
you want me
to go across
it?
Sounds a
little scary.
Anyone
claustrophobic
out there?
I don't
know.
It did
take some
faith for
the people
of Israel
to cross
the Red
Sea.
But to
be saved,
they needed
to go through
the sea.
They needed
to follow
the way
that God
was providing
for them
and trust
what he
was doing.
A connection
back to the
New Testament.
Hebrews 11
29 says
this,
by faith
the people
crossed the
Red Sea
as on dry
land,
but the
Egyptians
when they
attempted to
do the
same
were drowned.
Some
might have
run across
to the
other side
full of
faith,
loving the
opportunity
just to
run through
the water
or just
escape.
Their fear
was more
for the
Egyptians.
Christians,
but some
people,
maybe not
so ambitious,
a little
slower to
run across,
checking the
walls of
water out
first,
maybe testing
the land
that they
were walking
on to see
if it was
really steady.
It took
them longer
to go
across.
Their faith
was a little
smaller.
Isn't that
generous of
God,
even for
those with
small faith?
God takes
that small
faith and
he protects
it and
he walks
them through.
He holds
the walls
back,
he holds
the Egyptian
army back
long enough
for even
the small,
slower,
struggling
in faith,
but I'm
giving God
everything I've
got.
Their faith
still had to
be placed
on him,
maybe not as
strong as a
lot of other
guys.
And God
takes that
and blesses
it and
protects
them.
Now here's
a question.
If you
were an
Egyptian
soldier riding
a chariot,
would you
chase them
into the
Red Sea?
Remember,
they're
first-hand
witnesses to
the ten
plagues that
led to
Israelites being
pushed out
of Egypt.
They were
just held
back by a
supernatural
wall of
light and
darkness.
And then
once that
wall is
taken away,
they see
this path
that's now
where the
sea used
to be.
I'm
thinking I've
seen a lot
of movies
with ambushes
in it,
and I'm
not going
there.
I'm going
to stay on
this side,
I'll just
keep guard,
you guys
go ahead.
But that's
not what
happened.
If we
look at
verse 17,
we see that
not only was
Pharaoh's heart
hardened,
but God
also hardened
the hearts
of the
Egyptians so
that they
would follow
the Israelites
into the
sea.
All those
things that
might cause
us to
pause were
quickly ignored
as their
stubbornness,
the hardness
that God
put on them
drove them
into the
sea.
And they
thought it
would be an
easy victory.
As we get
to verse 24,
we see God
begin to do
battle with
the Egyptians.
And it really
isn't a battle
of all,
a battle at
all.
The Lord
looks down
and first
he throws
them into
a panic.
The chariots
that once
gave the
soldiers speed
and protection
now begins
to slow
them down.
Their wheels
become heavy
and clogged
and some
begin to
break.
The horses
are now
struggling
to continue.
Panic
sets in
as the
ground around
them becomes
thick and
the walls
of water
that in the
beginning
offered this
great path
to victory
become these
mountains of
imminent death.
It quickly
becomes evident
to the Egyptians
that they are
fighting against
a force that
is much
stronger than
them.
And it's a
force they
cannot even
see.
It's probably
at this point
where they
remember the
tin plagues
and how God
protected the
Israelites
through all
of them
and none
for the
Egyptians.
In the
second half
of verse 25
it says
let us flee
from before
Israel
for the
Lord
fights for
them
against
the
Egyptians.
We must
retreat
because we
can't win
against the
Lord.
And then
we get to
this last
horrific scene
in the battle
as the Lord
tells Moses
to once again
stretch out
his hand
but this
time it's
to cause
the waters
to come
back.
First
they're thrown
into a
panic
and now
they're thrown
into the
sea as
two walls
of water
come crashing
down
fighting to
return to
their normal
flow in
the sea
and as a
result
verse 28
says that
not one
of them
remained.
There stood
the Israelites
safely on
one side
looking down
on their
previous
captors
that lay
on the
beach.
the once
massive
Egyptian
army
was just
obliterated
right in
front of
them
and they
never had
to mount
a chariot
they never
had to
raise a
spear
they only
had to
be silent
move
when they
were told
to move
because God
fought for
them.
That brings
us to our
last point
God
saves.
The God
who directs
and protects
his people
is also
the God
who saves
his people.
Earlier I
mentioned how
this passage
played an
important role
not only in
the Old
Testament but
also the
New Testament.
The salvation
given to the
Israelites
was a
precursor
a pointer
towards the
salvation
that was
available through
Jesus Christ
on the cross.
Jesus Christ
the better
Moses.
1 Corinthians
10
verses 1
and 2
says this
for I do
not want you
to be unaware
brothers
that our
fathers were
all under
the cloud
and all
passed through
the sea
and all
were baptized
into Moses
in the cloud
and in the sea.
the crossing
of the red
sea was a
kind of
baptism
into Moses.
That's what
Paul is saying
here.
It's the
event where
Israel
in verse 31
believed the
Lord.
They believed
the Lord
and his
servant
Moses.
Similarly
in Christian
baptism
we are
baptized
into Christ
united
with him
in his
death
and his
resurrection.
For the
Israelites
the crossing
of the sea
was a
journey
from their
old life
of death
and slavery
into a
new life
with the
Lord as
their director
and their
protector
and their
savior.
So also
for the
Christian
baptism
represents
a death
to our
old self.
Our
former life
of slavery
to sin
and into
a new
life of
freedom
in Jesus
Christ.
The
Israelites
were
slaves
and their
only
escape
that they
saw
was
death.
We're
born
slaves
to sin
and death
and separation
from God
is the
only future
that we
see
apart from
Jesus
Christ.
God
through
Moses
provided a
way of
salvation
the
Israelites
could never
provide.
God
through
Jesus
Christ
provides
a way
of
salvation
that
we
could
never
provide.
If you
are
not
a
believer
in
Jesus
Christ
this
morning
then I
want to
ask you
just to
think about
the salvation
that Jesus
Christ
offers.
Talk to
someone today
before you
leave.
There will be
people up here
praying at the
end.
I'll be up
here as
well.
if you
struggle
with that.
If you
struggle
with your
belief
in God
and your
trust in
him
then I
would
ask you
to don't
just push
that off
but take
time to
seek the
Lord and
allow him
to give you
that strength
and help
you with
that faith
that might
be struggling
to protect
and grow
that.
Jesus
alone provides
a way to
the other
side and
like Moses
he stands
with his
arms open
holding back
the walls
of judgment
allowing any
who believe
to freely
come to
him for
salvation.
Freedom
from our
slavery to
sin.
Freedom
from the
ultimate
death.
Freedom
from being
separated
from God
for eternity
and becoming
part of his
family.
Freedom
from weight
pain and
brokenness
that is all
around us.
freedom
from the
gods
that we
build
and the
gold
that we
protect
that in
the end
weigh us
down and
keep us
from the
joy and
the happiness
that God
wants for
us his
people.
That's the
freedom that
we have in
Jesus Christ
when we rest
on the
salvation
made available
to us.
So let us
trust the
one who has
fought and
continues to
fight for
us.
Let's trust
the one who
provides
salvation.
Jesus Christ
has provided
the victory.
Now let us
go and
walk in
it.
Let's pray
together.
Let's
pray together.
This is a
great chapter
Lord that you
have given
us in your
word.
It's also
graphic and
strong.
Lord help
us to see
that you
are not a
God that
plays around.
You are a
God who
directs and
controls and
saves and
you have a
purpose.
You've had a
purpose from
the beginning
and you
continue to
have a
purpose.
Thank you
for showing
us these
things.
Lord we
ask that
your spirit
would work
in our
hearts and
give us
faith to
move past
those times
where we
forget to
look to
you and
we get
caught up
in the
things of
the world.
Help us
to stop
what we're
doing.
Stop being
fearful.
Help us to
look and see
what you have
done and are
continuing to
do and help
us to listen
to you and
go forth in
the salvation
that you
provide so
that you
are great
God and
Savior would
get glorified
in the lives
that we
lead.
We ask
these things
in your
great name.
Amen.