Thought from today’s Bible reading from Exodus 13-15.
Following the tenth plague, Pharaoh finally consented to let the children of Israel go. But after they had departed, he changed his mind and pursued them. This led to one of the memorable events of the Bible: the crossing of the Red Sea. God parted the waters; the Israelites crossed on dry ground; the Egyptians followed; the water closed back up and destroyed Pharaoh and his great army.
“Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses” (Exodus 14:30-31).
God delivered the people from those that threatened them. Once God was through here, the Israelites no longer had to worry about Pharaoh. They could plainly see the evidence of the Egyptians’ destruction with their own eyes.
Although God is not going to perform a similar miracle to deliver us today, we can gain comfort through this example (cf. Romans 15:4). Even though vengeance against our enemies may not occur in this life, we can be assured that God will deal with those who persecute His people today (2 Thessalonians 1:6-9). Remember what Jesus said:
“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).
Fear God. Just as sure as He destroyed the Egyptian army and the Israelites saw their corpses washing up on the shore, He will deal out eternal punishment to His enemies today.
Do not be among His enemies. Follow the Lord. Serve Him, so that you may be saved by Him.
Tomorrow’s reading: Exodus 16-18
[I’m using the Chronological reading plan on the Bible Gateway website if you’d like to follow along, too.]
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