By Faith

 DEVOTION

TO HEBREWS

BY FAITH

Heb 11:29

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

NIV

One line to describe an event that was monumental to say the least. We cannot spend enough time on what happened at the Red Sea, however, interestingly it did not appear the Israelites were too happy with Moses and God bringing them to a place they thought was a dead end and nothing more then a death trap. To be caught between and insurmountable amount of water and an Egyptian army of enormous size and strength caused them to be full of fear and panic. Yet, the author tells us now they were people of faith and that was the reason they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When we read the account in the book of Exodus, we do not see them having any faith, in fact, God had to tell them through Moses, not to be afraid, and to stand firm and they would see the deliverance the Lord would bring them that day, in addition, God told them, He would fight for them, they only needed to be still. We know that account very well, as we preached those very words, for the benefit of our own people of faith. Being still is the key to seeing God at work in us, for us and through us. When we busy ourselves with our own agenda using our own skills, training, education or whatever else we think we have, then we might not see God at work or fighting for us at all. Then we might wonder why God is so silent. It was the people of faith, even though they complained and murmured against God, when they were told to be still, they stood firm and watch that pillar of smoke move behind them to separate them from the army of Pharoah and perhaps that is when they faith began to grow, but when they saw this insurmountable sea of water part, leaving a path of dry ground right through two walls of water, by faith they walked several miles through it all and then watched God drown people who had no faith in their God. Let us always live full of faith, never doubting that God will fight for us, that he will do the battle, He will bring about where and how we are to be, what we are to be doing if we only have the faith to stand firm, not be afraid and keep our eyes upon Jesus, and we will see the Lord working for us, in us and through us to accomplish his good will. We are determined to live by faith.