Listen as Dr. Stanley examines the story of the Red Sea parting and its meaning for us today. The same God who led His people out of slavery and into a new country will also deliver us from difficulty—and show His glory in the process. For more messages from Charles Stanley, including this week’s broadcast, go to www.intouch.org/watch
well this text is about one of the most
interesting events in the Old Testament
and all of us have heard a better
there’s some point in their life and
probably thought about it but never
thought about applying it to our own
personal life and in this 14th chapter
and several chapters around it is the
story of The Great Escape we hear that
phrase but this is what the Great Escape
is all about so I want to look at this
incident that we know very well about
Moses and the Red Sea and then I want us
to just pull out at least five French
civility and just to show you how to do
this and how you can do it in any
passage of Scripture that you’re dealing
with so when I look at this and realize
what’s happened Pharaoh’s afraid so they
enslave God’s people and how long they
were enslaved we don’t know but a very
long time and here’s some Moses who grew
up in Egypt in Pharaoh’s household would
you’ll remember because Pharaoh’s
daughter found him in a little arc in
the Nile River and so he grew up in
their school it’s educated by the
Egyptians so he knew very well how they
lived and they came a time when he
committed a crime that is he killed an
Egyptian and so went over to the other
side of the desert Midian now 40 years
later God dealt with Moses at the
burning bush and tell him to go back to
Egypt because he wanted him to lead his
people out of bondage and you remember
that story and so he comes back and I
got the against their work in his heart
and he begins to go about doing what God
said do and of course I can try
confronting Pharaoh about releasing all
these
was absolutely ridiculous as far as fara
was concerned for what reason and so
naturally Pharaoh didn’t pay much
attention to that so this is when you
and I thought in the scripture what God
knows out of them he knows how to get
people’s attention so what did they do
he started with the first of ten plagues
and then that one work of God that
changed the whole story is that when God
killed the firstborn of all of Egypt
and all the people inhabited there and
you remember the scripture says that
Moses gave the people of Israel
instructions the death angels coming
through Egypt and you want to put blood
on the doorpost the lintel of your house
if there’s no blood the first one is
gonna die tonight in your family but
that was the ultimate final blow to
Pharaoh to realize he could no longer
keep these people captive and he could
no longer ignore their religion and what
they believed and so naturally they will
let go and when they were let yo they’re
also the scripture says the people in
Egypt the citizens of who Egyptians gave
him their gold their silver that closed
everything to get rid of them if you had
lived through those ten plagues you’d
have been happy to give them anything to
get rid of this Moses guy and all of
these people who were called Hebrews or
Israelites in those times so with that
in mind I want us to look at this first
principle I want us to think about then
we know we know the rest of the story
but we’re coming to it
the first prince was this God always
knows which way is best now what do we
mean by that God always knows which way
is best because all of us face
situations in circumstances in life and
we want our God how do I get through
this how do I survive this how do i how
do I handle this
well the Pharaoh I want us to see this
in this first issue here when Pharaoh
finally let the people go after these 10
plays
and then decided for example afterwards
that was a mistake then he arranged his
army to attack the Israelites and to
bring them back the Israelites were
completely vulnerable surrounded by the
desert on the one side and the sea on
the other and so what was happening was
that Pharaoh was watching this he was
convinced that the Hebrews had trapped
themselves they were in the desert with
the desert on one side to sea on the
other side and so he decided that he was
not going to tolerate this because he
decided he couldn’t afford let him go
and so this was not a surprise to God
and the one thing that happened to
pharaoh was this what happens to a lot
of people they forget who’s in charge
god was in charge not Pharaoh
not even the Hebrews were in charge God
was in charge
God’s purpose was to demonstrate to the
Egyptians that the God of the Jews the
God of Israel the God of the Hebrews was
the one the true God so the second
principle also says it God’s faithful to
provide for his people what did they
have they had nothing they lived in huts
they were slaves they had nothing and
the last thing they would have thought
is that the Egyptians were going to
empty their house of their precious
commodities from closed to silver and
gold jewels and give that to the Jews
watch this
only God could have spoken to the
Egyptians and said give it to them you
get them out of here so here they leave
now and it looks like they’re free and
they have been blessed greatly by all of
this Egyptian gold and silver and all
the rest which leads me through the
third principle God’s always listen he’s
always present to God his people
that is he’s not gonna tell you to do
something and then that got us to do it
so if God tells you to move or if he
tells you to do this that whatever it
might be
remember this that he knows the
beginning and the end
watch this he will never tell you to do
something that he does not provide for
you to do it never so often times when I
hear people say well you know I know God
told me to do that but I couldn’t think
that out sorry I just said no that’s a
disaster because if God told you to do
something he’s responsible to make it
possible to happen in your life whatever
that might be so we have no justifiable
reason for disobeying God by saying I
didn’t I couldn’t figure it out I didn’t
understand yeah I got that God didn’t
make it clear God is not going to ever
tell you to do something that he doesn’t
make clear is he gonna give you all the
answers to all the things you’d like to
hear no he’s not going to do that he
wants us to trust him and so when you
look at this passage and you’d see how
God has worked this is the way God
operates that is he’s going to show us
what to do and when he does we have to
ask ourselves the question am I willing
to obey God even though I don’t quite
understand I don’t always know what to
do next I just know that obey God is
always the right thing whether I
understand or not what I can figured out
or not whether it hurts or not whether
it please anybody else or not you don’t
have to please anybody but God and so if
that be true we don’t have to worry
about what’s going to happen here they
are out in this area trapped because
they have the desert and Pharaoh’s army
and the Red Sea and what do you do now
from that
so here’s what happens he says get ready
to March where are we going well we can
hear the rumble of chariots and here’s
the water in fact it’s pretty close to
my feet now are you telling us the head
for the sea and watch God work now God
opened up the sea he opened it up so the
people could pass through God’s command
is very important because here’s the
principle God’s simplest command can
result in surprising and powerful
consequences when we obey Him one of the
most difficult things in life when when
you’re in pain and suffering or you’re
facing some trauma in life is for God to
say be quiet
just trust me and so God’s simplest
command oftentimes it’s surprising but
it has powerful consequences if we obey
Him so here they are put yourself in
that position this is behind you
the charioteers of an army that is fully
equipped to destroy you is coming down
on you what do you do well do you do
what they did and they first of all said
Moses how did you get us in this
position what’s this orbit so they want
to attack him and each time God had
moved them in a certain way with a cloud
they knew exactly where they were going
if they were trusting him and now it
looks like it’s all over what’s this we
make the biggest mistakes in life when
we’re looking at our circumstances
through our eyes our abilities and
talents and skills our circumstances our
situation and do not look for us to God
the issue is am I will entrust them in
this situation when I’ve never been in
that situation before sometimes God’s
commands we don’t understand but we have
to decide am I gonna do what he says oh
I am I going to do what I feel like
doing what my mind tells me to do
and so there they were and so they’ve
you had to believe Moses trust God or
not you know what’s significant about
that is simply this sometimes when we
are where we are in our situations and
circumstances as their as they were
God’s simplest government simplest
command can have awesome consequences
and sometimes God may said you sit down
be quiet or he may say this is where I
want you to go just trust me don’t try
to figure it out Moses lifted up his
arms with his staff in his hand and
something began to happen the sea began
to open up and the people began to march
through and the floor was all over it
while it was still dark over here the
scripture says that God’s people were
rescued they walked out of a disastrous
situation and it had to take him all
night I’m sure there was somewhere maybe
2 million though there abouts and the
how long it was but what God did is he
kept it dark over here until they all
got through when they finished what
happens then the light came out and as a
result of that the scripture says that
Pharaoh attacked and so what did he do
he ah’d accomplished what was one of his
primary objectives they began with the
chariot is came rolling down the pond
the Hebrews
and so when enough of them got in the
midst of what was water you know the
story that Moses spoke again and the
waters came tumbling back and destroyed
them all in the Red Sea so the principle
here is this don’t look for someone to
blame for your circumstances look for
God to help you they were continually
blaming Moses for this and that and the
other and it’s always easier to blame
somebody when things aren’t going your
way but think about this is this not
true then whatever the situation of the
circumstance you’re in watch this if you
are in the will of God God is
responsible for getting you through it
and it’s interesting here we look for
somebody to blame and yet when I think
about that and think about also how God
worked in Moses life and all through the
prophets and what he said to Isaiah
Isaiah 41 which is one of my favorite
passages he said in this ninth verse you
are my servant I have chosen you and I
rejected you so listen do not fear I am
with you do not anxious look about you
for I am your God I will strengthen you
surely I will help you surely I will
uphold you with my righteous right hand
behold all those who are angered at you
will be shamed and dishonored and those
who contend with you will be as nothing
and will perish you will seek those who
quarrel with you but will not find them
and those who war with you will be as
nothing and non-existence for I am the
Lord your God who upholds your right
hand who says to you do not fear I will
help you what an awesome path
but do not fear I’m with you the wise
thing to do is to look to God
lifting God for help he’s the only one
who can help us in situations in
circumstances listen you know where you
are in your life today if you are facing
something that’s very difficult remember
this never too difficult for God he
knows where you are
he’s there to help you he never runs out
of whatever’s necessary to help you and
he he wants you to trust him step by
step and whatever you’re facing you
always come out right always not
sometimes always come out right by
simply trusting him we all have been
through difficult times and we’ll go
through difficult times the question is
what do you do when the bottom drops out
you trust him
you rely upon him you believe him you
wait upon him if they had listened if
they had tried to fight it would have
been a total disaster God listen watch
this sometimes from here in situations
we try to fight our way out it just gets
deeper the best thing there is the
surrender your life to the Lord and say
God I don’t know what to do next but I’m
gonna trust you because you said you
would never leave me nor forsake me
amen amen father we love you in bration
thank you for these awesome not just
stories but dramas in the Word of God
that remind us of where we are where we
could be and what do you lose no matter
where we are I pray for somebody here
today he’s never trusted you as their
Savior to remember that apart from you
they have no hope and no real a genuine
true help with trusting you thank you
here thank you you for preserving this
event
and putting it on paper and ink
so we thousands of years later it read
it hear the truth understand and apply
to our heart and walk in it in Jesus
name Amen
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