Not long ago, I was driving with my mother and my daughter, three generations mind you, on an icy road when a semi came sliding through an adjacent, and very near, stop sign, rotating on its front wheels 270 degrees, its rear end sweeping the road just in front of us. My heart stopped, my mother grabbed my arm, and we three waited. There was nothing else to do but wait to see what the damage would be in terms of lives and vehicles (ours).
That scenario came to mind this morning as I read of the Red Sea episode, which is so full of lessons as to be a textbook in its own right. In Exodus 14, the people were camping outside of Egypt a ways, and "they lifted up their eyes", and saw Pharaoh and his army approaching and not in good moods. Their hearts stopped, I imagine. Their whining started, as ours would have. And Moses said this: "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. . . . You have only to be silent." Wow. Have you ever been able to sit still and be silent when the world as you know it is caving in all around? These are amazing words. But Moses meant it. If the people had gone with their instincts, then they would have missed what God was going to do. God intended to show Himself mighty and capable of governing the affairs of men.
When all was said and done, at the Red Sea I mean, they sang: "Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?" And to think they might not have known that about God.
So, that day in the car, we sat still and waited for God's deliverance. By God's grace, the semi did not have a full-length trailer behind it, and it swung just short of us. My heart started beating again, and was full of praise to a God who does wonders.
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