[Faith-talk] There did we rejoice in him

[WESLEY BURDEN]

THERE DID WE REJOICE IN HIM

"He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on
foot: there did we rejoice in Him." Psalm 66:6

Throughout Scripture God intervenes, leads, protects, provides, and shows
His care and concern for His own. The children of Israel graphically
illustrate this as God dealt with them. His desire was that they would be a
people that would glorify His name and be a radiant testimony to Him. 
He made a covenant
with them that was simple yet profound. If they would obey His commandments
and walk in His ways He would be their God and bless them immeasurably.

How miraculous was their deliverance when they were "boxed in" at the Red
Sea: Pharaoh's hosts pursued them from behind, the Red Sea was before them.
What did Moses say to these unbelieving, complaining Israelites? "Fear ye
not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to
you today:
for the Egyptians you have seen today, you will see them no more for ever"
(Exodus 14:13).

Often when we are in such a predicament, we need to heed the same words from
Moses. From frustration, fear and stress, we need to turn from the false
security of our way and place unwavering faith and unrelenting trust in our
Almighty God. If we have been learning to trust God, the crises we face will
reveal that we are willing to go to the breaking point and not turn our
confidence from Him, but quietly wait for His gracious interceding.

In God's time He told Moses to tell the people to "go forward." To allow the
time necessary for these two million plus Israelites to go through the Red
Sea on "dry" ground, the angel of God removed the pillar of the cloud from
before them "And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of
Israel, and it was a cloud of darkness to them, but it gave light by night
to
these: so that the one camp came not near the other" (Exodus 14:19-20).
There is a time to wait that our faith may be steadfast and sure, but then
there is the time to go forward in confident faith and see God do what we
cannot do, and bring glory to His name.

Israel did this under the leadership of Moses. They dared to believe and God
parted the waters, destroyed the enemy and brought about a great deliverance
and victory. This experience can be repeated time and again in our lives if
we get our eyes off the circumstances, focus them upon Christ and move
forward boldly trusting in God.

"...There did they rejoice in Him." There on the banks of the Red Sea they
rejoiced greatly in what God had done. Their victory came because they
trusted God in the crisis. How much greater our lives are enriched, our
faith strengthened and our union with the Lord strengthened when we go
through the crises with Him, rather than being delivered from the crises by
Him.

"Israel saw the great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians, and the
people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and served his servant Moses"
(Exodus 14:31). Look at their response..."they sang...I will sing unto the
Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously" (Exodus 15:1).

Whatever the crises we encounter, God wants us to trust Him without
reservation. "Be still and know that I am God." Then in faith go forward,
knowing "Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world" (1 John
4:4). Then we can say as they, "There did we rejoice in Him." Wherever
"there" 
may be in our
life, it is an occasion to see the mighty works of the Lord in putting down
the enemy and to see God triumph gloriously. May this be true in each of our
lives. Dare to believe!


Stu
<mailto:K5stu at sbcglobal.net>K5stu at sbcglobal.net
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