One of the biggest problems of the human heart is that the more God blesses us with material things the more we mistakenly try — and fail — to find contentment in those things. This is the attitude of the Israelites during their journey into the wilderness.
When it comes to our relationship with God, we are not called to settle; we are called to always want more. Our end goal as Christians is to be conformed to the image of Christ. That’s our Canaan — that’s where all Christians are headed.
When the Israelites made it across the Red Sea and witnessed how God defeated their enemies by pouring on the Egyptians the very waters of the sea that were held back for them, the very first thing they did after crossing over from slavery to freedom, and from death to life, was to sing a […]
How does God deal with the Israelites? He fights for them. How does God fight for the Israelites, and how does God save them from their bondage to slavery?
Our reading of Exodus 14 should not be focused on the parting of the Red Sea, but rather anchored on the salvation of God through Jesus Christ.
