"And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He shall show to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever. 14. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace (or be still)."
The Israelites escaped from Egypt and had gotten as far as the Red Sea, when they saw Pharaoh's army pursuing them. They began to grumble and complain to Moses and Aaron because they were afraid of the Egyptian army. Let's not be too hard on them, for our initial reaction would probably have been fear. But Moses gave them a word of encouragement in the text printed above. "Faith" is not an Old Testament word, but these verses are an Old Testament call to faith. In this crisis, they were to stand still and see what God could do, for He would be fighting for them. Then he told them to "hold their peace." One way of looking at this is that Moses told them "shut your mouths and believe." Another translation of this is "and you shall be still." On the one hand, when we are going through trials, we should just keep our mouths shut, quit complaining and believe. (From my own personal experience, I could probably write a book on this.) On the other hand, we are to "stand still" or "be still." This reminds me of Psalm 46:10: "Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." When we fret and worry about what is coming, we are not utilizing our faith. We need to heed Moses and the psalmist and be still, shut up, and wait to see what God will do. God is working on my heart about this business of "standing still and shutting up and see what He can do." I am taking it to heart and God is at work in me and I am excited about what it coming. If we will be still and wait on God, He will do things that we cannot imagine. Who would have thought that the Red Sea could be divided - but it was. They saw what only God could do. We do not see what God can do because we worry and fret and try to work it out for ourselves. That is sad, for we can only do what we can do. You will pardon my grammar here, but that ain't much. We need to learn to depend on God and let Him do what He can do, then we will see great things. We need to do as Moses and the psalmist suggested and just be still, stand firm and let God be God. I don't know what you are going through right now, but I do know that whatever it is, the Lord will be with you and fight for you. Believe it! Bro. Joe
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