Be Still And Know

Exodus 14.13-14 NLT Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” This is a crunch moment in the history of the people of Israel. After the long succession of plagues, they are finally heading out of Egypt and it is said that they did so with fists raised in defiance. Surely Pharoah would at last be glad to see them go! But no, he changed his mind yet again and sent out his army to stop them. It must have been a truly terrifying moment. We are told that Pharaoh sent six hundred of his best chariots after the people and that must have been an incredibly intimidating sight for them. The people immediately panicked and who wouldn’t? They lashed out at Moses, blaming him for bringing them out into the desert to die. They argued that it would have been much better to have continued as slaves in Egypt than to be corpses in the wilderness. It’s never easy fo