The Red Sea Rules #6

So far we have:

#1. Realize that God means for you to be where you are.
#2. Be more concerned for God's glory than for your relief.
#3. Acknowledge your enemy, but keep your eyes on the Lord.
#4. Pray
#5. Stay Calm and confident, and give God time to work.

So for today:
#6. When unsure, just take the next logical step by faith.

"And Jehovah said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the sons of Israel, that they go forward." Exodus 14:15

"I have found that if we go as far as we can. God often opens up the rest of the way."
_Isobel Kuhn

At this point the children of Israel are trapped with mountains on either side and the Red Sea in front of them. They are afraid. And Jehovah tells Moses to tell them to go forward. The Red Sea did not totally divide so that they could see that they would have a safe crossing of the Red Sea. In fact, "The nineteenth-century expositor C.H. Mackintosh believed the Red Sea did not divide throughout all at once, but opened progressively as Israel moved forward, so that they needed to trust God for each fresh step. Mackintosh wrote," God never gives guidance for two steps at a time. This keeps the heart in abiding dependence upon God."

And it is pointed out that the phrase day by day is used quite a bit in the Bible. God provides what is needed for that day. So the "One Day at a Time" thought is really one that has been around since the beginning of time.

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." Thomas Carlyle

Too often, I think we get bogged down in trying to solve ALL of our problems at one time. When we try to do that it can be so overwhelming.

"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow shall be anxious for its own things. Sufficient to the day is the evil of it." Matthew 6:34

When the children of Israel were brought into the situation of the Red Sea - they learned an important lesson - that they needed to trust God - step by step and moment by moment. "In the process they discovered the lesson later expressed by this beloved hymn, which is true now for you and me:"

"Never a trial that He is not there,
Never a burden that He doth not bear,
Never a sorrow that He doth not share,
Moment by moment, I’m under His care."

And by reading the Bible stories like this one -we, too, can learn these same lessons. God will take care of us. We need to trust him day by day.

*****Again this has been such a blessing for me to review. I think it is timeless advice to help us and to encourage us. I hope it was encouraging to you too.