YOU NEED ONLY STAND STILL

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this. When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon. As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Exodus 14:1‭-‬5‭, ‬7‭-‬14 NIV

We very seldom discern what God is doing while participating in a season.

I love these particular passages in Exodus where God gives instruction in the midst of the Israelites despair and captivity, that is two fold.

His instructions would result in:

1. The Egyptians knowing who HE is and 2. The Israelites obeying what He instructed Moses to tell them so they could proceed to freedom.

The freedom that the Israelites experienced was a result of obedience.

Even in their obedience there was a test. They looked up and saw the Egyptians closing in on them AFTER they had done what was asked of them and began to despair. Things were not going as smoothly as they had hoped, BUT Moses encouraged them and assured them to continue to stand.

Dear ones… knowing His character and walking in obedience in what He has spoken to your heart, stand firm. When you look up to what seems like imminent disaster, stand firm…When others are telling you to follow their lead, stand firm.

God doesn't do/allow things to take place simply so we can say we have been through something and emerged victorious. He does it for His glory, and in our obedience to Him we are set free.

You need only stand still.

Selah

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