The Story of Moses, the Man of God

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MOSES HAD SAID to the people, “Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD.” The Lord must fight, not they! The Lord must speak; they must hold their peace! Now the period of quietness and waiting was over, and the Lord says to Moses, “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.” vv. 15,16. God desires His people to go forward, in spite of apparent difficulties. Pharaoh, as we have seen, is a type of Satan’s power; the Red Sea would seem to bar their advance, a type of death and judgment. Typically then, through faith, by the finished work of salvation, a way of escape from Satan’s power through death has been opened. Being opened, it is for the believer to walk through it, to go boldly forward in confidence in Him who hang been judged, has now become the Saviour of His people. He will show His power over the sea (death) before the eyes of His people, to pacify their fears, and assure them of His protection and care. He tells us in Psalms 32:88I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (Psalm 32:8), “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye.”
When the testing is most severe the ways of God shine out most brightly, in contrast to the energy of the flesh. Not only had all that surrounded Israel given sudden rise to their terror, but the approaching darkness of night could only add to their fears. Not only in the darkness of their despair, but also in the darkness of the night was God’s hand to be plainly seen.
The multitude obeyed Moses; they “held their peace” and now awaited the promised salvation. In this attitude the Lord could come in and display His power.
“And the Angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, roved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.” And faith in the face of the display of divine power can ever say: “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.” Micah 7:88Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. (Micah 7:8). And so it was on the shores of the Red Sea. The darkness was employed by God to protect His people from their enemy, but with them all was bright. In the brilliance of this divinely ordered light they could approach the sea, obedient to His instructions.
Beloved, we too walk in a dark scene, with the enemy near at hand, but there is a path of light through it all for the believer who will walk in faith and in the good of God’s abounding care, even in the most severe trial.
ML-07/13/1969