"Stand firm...be still"

Good Morning,

Exodus 14:10-14 (NIV)
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn't we say to you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"
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."

Like the Israelites many thousands of years ago, we all face fears and even impending disasters in our lives from time to time. For some of us it's more often than others and for many of us it's much, much more often that we would wish. But, the fact is that living this life on this earth brings problems, troubles, trials, and even some disasters...no matter how hard we try to avoid them. Living, it seams, brings problems.

Now, we can react to things we see possible coming our way and that appear to be totally unavoidable much like the Israelites did when they were faced with the possibility (note, please, the word "possibility" here!) with the possibility of Pharaoh and the Egyptians overtaking them and putting them to death in horrible ways. We can complain and grumble and ask "Why me??!!??" But, what we've got to do is to remember what Moses told the Israelites, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today."

You see, much of what we fear...even MOST of what we fear...will never happen to us. Often, even though we might not realize or understand it, God DOES step in and deliver us from what seems to be an inevitable disaster that appears to be totally unavoidable. God not only offers us His deliverance, He also, very often, gives us His deliverance.

So, when we see trouble heading our way and we see no possible escape, we need to do as Moses told the Israelites, "...you need only to be still." And, in our stillness before the Lord, we need to be in prayer, of course, as well.

God IS there for us. Moses said, "The LORD will fight for you..." We need to remember that and we need to believe in that.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David