Exodus 14: 21-31
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the
LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.
The waters were divided, 22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry
ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. 23 The Egyptians
pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them
into the sea. 24 During the last watch of the night the LORD looked down from
the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.
25 He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving.
And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The LORD is
fighting for them against Egypt.” 26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out
your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and
their chariots and horsemen.” 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and
at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward
it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. 28 The water flowed back and covered
the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the
Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. 29 But the Israelites went
through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their
left. 30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and
Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. 31 And when the Israelites
saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people
feared the LORD and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
Title: The
Passage to Conversion
Message: Those who repent
and believe in God will be saved and those who resist and maintain unrepentant
hearts suffer. The first happened to the Israelites who believed in God and
followed His instructions through Moses and the second thought occurred to the
Egyptians who refused to acknowledge God and held on to their conviction. The
division of the seawater as the Israelites went through it was witnessed by the
unremorseful Pharaoh and his men and they themselves got dumbfounded. This
wonderful act of God strengthened the faith of the Israelites and renewed the
belief of those who had not accepted God yet as proven in verse 31. Those who
witnessed everything were converted. Truly, unpleasant circumstances in our
lives are God’s means of letting us know that He is LORD who is capable of
performing miracles, of saving us from seems to be immeasurable difficulties we
are into.
Promise to Claim: God is
miraculous and he performs miracles as needed. He chose us and He will do all
He can to save us. Thus, there is triumph in God.
Command to Obey: Repent and
heed God’s instructions. We are prompted to believe now before it’s too late.
Warning to Heed: Vengeance
is God’s. The Egyptians were drowned and died just how the infants of the
Israelites gasped for breath and eventually perished in the waters of Nile. All the sufferings the Egyptians caused among the Israelites paid off as God poured out His wrath upon the former.
Application: Just like
Moses, I will live by faith. I will keep in mind that I am a daughter of God,
vowed to share His word to others especially to non believers and be a
manifestation of His great love to all.
