Exodus Chapter 14:

Exodus Chapter 14:

8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, Pharaoh and his army pursued after them. They came to the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army came behind them. That constituted a very serious problem for them, and many of them reacted with a lack of faith in God, and began to think it's was better for them when they were in bondage in Egypt. They did seem to have a legitimate complaint, seeing they were besieged by troubles on every side with absolutely no remedy in sight or mind. But there was one thing that was NOT legitimate about their complaint, and it was a really big thing. They had God with them. God had already demonstrated mighty signs and wonders on their behalf, to deliver them out of Egypt. Although God was with then for their good, they did not know him or believe him. The main thing they failed to realize is that God never changes (Mal. 3:6; Jas. 1:17). Once God had shown them that he was with them for good, they should have trusted that reality from then on. But as the Psalmist shows us, they did not: "Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea" (Psm. 106:7). Nonetheless Moses remained faithful, and continued to instruct them in truth. His exhortation to them to not be afraid and to hold their peace, was and is the only remedy to their troubles and ours.

Fear and turmoil of spirit blocks God from moving on his people's behalf, but peace and fearless faith are his license to deliver them from any and every troubling circumstance. We know how that circumstance ended, and like Moses told them, the Egyptians were drowned while trying to pursue after the children of Israel in their deliverance that God provided for them miraculously. The truth is, if we hold our peace and refuse to be intimidated by the daunting circumstances we sometimes face, God will also deliver us; and the things that trouble us cannot possibly follow after us in our deliverance that God provides for us. I once cried out to the Lord to deliver me from a number of vices that I couldn't defeat on my own; and every single one of those enemies were totally and completely vanquished right then and there, never to be seen again! Praise God!! Unlike the children of Israel, I did NOT forget that mighty and miraculous deliverance, and because of that I have been delivered from everything that has challenged my liberty in Christ since. Sometimes we are literally besieged by multiple troubles that appear to be impossible to solve, but we need only remember that we serve a God who specializes in things called impossible; and we will always be delivered. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all" (Psm. 34:19).

If God was with the children of Israel to deliver them, he is much more with us to deliver us. By means of the suffering and death, and resurrection of God's Son Jesus, and our faith in him; we are literally part of his body, and both he and the Father are IN us through the holy Ghost (I Cor. 12:13; Jn. 14:23; Jn. 17:21-23; Eph. 4:6). So then God is not only with us as he was with Israel, but he is also IN us; and he has a much greater investment in us by means of the suffering of his Son on our behalf. As long as we entrust ourselves and our cares to him, we will always be upheld and delivered out of all our troubles. And we can always recall where he has brought us from before, and know that he will remain the same toward us forever. "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever" (Heb. 13:8). We do not have to yield ourselves to the fears that would have us to go back under bondage to sin. "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (II Tim. 1:7). That same power and love will preserve a sound mind and spirit in us as long as we remember in times of great trial, what Moses told the children of Israel when they were in great trouble with no way out: " Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day." All I can think of to add to that is this: "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Rom. 8:31) I think that about says it.