10As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD. 11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. 14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
“Humanly speaking, they might easily overcome the unarmed and encumbered Israelites, who could not be supposed to be able to make any resistance against cavalryand war-chariots.” (Clarke)
“There were no two ways to choose from: they could not miss the way, for they must needs march through the sea. No room for wandering remained: their road was walled up and they could not miss it.” (Spurgeon)
“they were terrified and cried out to the LORD”
“The panic of the people is hardly to be wondered at when we think of their circumstances.” (Morgan)
““Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die?”
“They mocked in the most satirical tone possible (since Egypt specialized in graves and had about three-fourths of its land are available for grave sites).” (Kaiser)
““Do not be afraid. Stand firm”
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in times of trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear,
When your time of trouble is upon you, remember Psalm 46, God is our refuge!
Is He yours?
Years ago I had broken my wrist and needed surgery. I turned it over to the Lord. I had never felt such peace about anything. When surgery time came they had given me a “pic” in my arm to numb it for the operation. I had fallen asleep after praying and leaving the surgery to the Lord. During the operation I was awoken by the doctor yelling at me saying, “David wake up and stop snoring, I’m at a crucial point in the operation!
“Do not be afraid...The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Be still and know He is the Lord!
Blessings, David
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