“’Adonai will do battle for you. Just calm yourselves down!’”
Exodus 14:14
When the Hebrews saw the army of Pharaoh coming after them, they began to fear. Fear can cause us to say and do some pretty stupid things. I am a testimony of this. It was a fear of being caught in my addiction that prevented me from opening up to get help for so many years. It was a fear of being known that kept me in prison to my addiction. And it was a fear of what was to come that kept me from telling the full truth when I was confronted of my addiction. But fear is to have no place. Although I said and did some stupid things in my years bound, the freedom was worth the price of honesty.
Here as well the Hebrews acted in fear. In fear they blame Moshe. They question why he brought them out, why they couldn’t have just remained slaves, and why they should die here as opposed to in Egypt. What they did not know is what I also failed to see. Freedom was knocking on their door. Just as in my circumstance, Adonai was fighting for them. Adonai was their man of war, their ISYH MILCHAMAH (Ex 15:3), and He was about to prove Himself. So then, with the word of the LORD, Moshe worked to calm the people’s fears by announcing that this would be the last day the Egyptians would ever be seen. Adonai was about to roll up His sleeves and do battle on their behalf.
Exodus 14:9-14
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