Have you been in a situation where you need an urgent miracle? A situation where you do not have where to go? A situation where if you look back it is bad and if you look ahead is even worse! I certainly believe so! All of us faced or will face situations where we need a great rescue; it can be a financial crisis, marriage, family, health or any other bad situation.
Moses faced a situation like that, behind him was a great army of enemies and ahead of him was the Red Sea. Moses wasn’t alone; he was responsible in leading thousands of men, women, elderly, children, animals and their possessions out of Egypt.
His situation was not easy, somebody may say: “Oh they just need to swim hard to the next shore”. Unfortunately that was not the case and they did not have enough time available for that, besides, the elderly, the small children and the animals would have a tough time to reach the other side.
Moses needed an urgent miracle! Immediately!
The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon. As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. Exodus 14:9-10
They were terrified by their situation; it was definitely a case of death! They had no rational way out! If they stayed, Pharaoh would have them all imprisoned again, and without a miracle from God, they would have died on the sea.
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? Exodus 14:11
There are situations in our lives that we can’t see a solution. All that we can see is huge mountain of hopeless problems. That people were desperate just like sometimes some people become.
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:13-14
On the dictionary the verb stand firm has two senses: 1. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something 2. refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief.
They would only see the deliverance if they stood firm towards that situation. And it is the same for you and me. In times when there is no way out, we have to offer resistance against our problems and despite of the magnitude of our sorrows, we have to refuse to abandon our belief in God.
When things get so tough some people immediately stop believing in God, they start look for other alternatives in order to solve the crisis and instead of solution, they end up wrapped in a trap.
And these traps could be a divorce instead of fighting to save the marriage; it could be landing money from a moneylender instead of working hard and trust in the Lord in order to pay the debts and worse of all; some people even commit suicide in order to run from their problems!
When we do not trust in God, we always commit bigger mistakes!
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. Exodus 14:15-16
First thing we need to do is to TRUST followed by standing firm then the Lord will guide us to the kind of actions we have to take. In the case of the Israelites, the Lord said for them to move on and to divide the sea!
There is time to trust, time to stand firm and time to listen and follow God's instructions in order to take the right actions, if we want to see great miracles in our lives.
A simple example of that is when a person is unemployed, he needs to trust that the Lord will provide, he needs to stand firm against all doubts, fears and difficulties that he/she may face, then he/she needs to act according to the Lord's instructions, like keeping searching for a job, and surely the blessings will come.
For all kind of very bad situation that we may face, that is the order to obtain results. If we trust on ourselves we will badly fail, and if we trust on others we will get hurt and frustrated because Jesus Himself said: For without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NKJV
If you need a miracle, that is the only way.
God Bless you.
