In the Midst of the Sea

So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. (Exodus 14:27b NKJV)

 

How often we find ourselves in the midst of trial and tribulations in our lives. The is certainly an enemy who pursues us with the intent to bring us back into the bondage that God has delivered us from by the power of His hand. Often it would appear that the enemy has the intent and the ability to destroy us. We will find ourselves in the place the Israelites found themselves; trapped with the enemy behind them and the sea before them. And while it would appear to the natural man that they are the one who is in danger, the man of faith recognizes that it is not him who should fear but the one who pursues.

The situation was a desperate one in which God would now demonstrate His mighty power and bring an end to that old slave master. God did not keep the enemy from pursuing but rather allowed him to drive the Israelites into the sea. Certainly, the Israelites would have wished that God would have destroyed the Egyptian armies long before this desperate situation but God had a different plan. God instead allowed the Egyptians to pursue them right into the depth of the sea and it was then that He delivered the Israelites.

Friends, understand that God has purpose in all that comes against us. Imagine if the Israelites had not been driven forward into this place. They would never have seen such a great deliverance. Nor would they have been prepared to later pass through the waters as they prepared, not to escape the enemy, but rather to attack it. Neither would this enemy have had such a great fear of them knowing that the same nation whose God destroyed the armies of Egypt in the sea was now at their door passing through the Jordan just as they had passed through the Red Sea.

Friend, know that God is going to deliver you as He delivered the Israelites that day. He will bring deliverance at the right time; in the midst of the sea!