" ... I have planned this in order to display my glory ... " - Exodus 14:4
"They cried out to the Lord, and they said to Moses, "Why did you bring us out her to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us? why did you make us leave? . . . But Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today . . . The Lord Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm." Excerpted from Exodus 14:10-14
"Then the Lord said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground . . . My great glory will be displayed . . . and all Egypt will see my glory and know that I am the Lord!" Excerpted from Exodus 14:15-18
"Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land. So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!" Exodus 14:21-22
"When all the Israelites had reached the other side, the Lord said to Moses, "Raise your hand over the sea again. Then the waters will rush back and cover the Egyptians and their chariots and charioteers. So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the sea and the water rushed back into its usual place . . . Of all the Egyptian who had chased the Israelities into the sea, not a single one survived. But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides. That is how the Lord rescued Israel from the hand of the Egyptians that day . . . When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the Lord had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses." Exodus 14:26-31
okay ya'll. i seriously feel like beth moore must feel when the Lord has placed a new study on her heart. I'm overwhelmed by the awe-someness, power, and love of the Lord right now. I'm sitting in the front room at the YWAM St. Marc base. The cool of the night is passing through the wrought iron gate that serves as the front door, and it is welcomed after a week of heat. The acoustics in this concrete concave are prime for Ben's voice as he worships the Lord with his voice and guitar (which, is actually past tense, because the Lord drew me into a sweet time in worship with him as I sat here typing; He's too good and I just had to indulge in singing His praises). The generator keeps the lights at a steady dim, and the sounds of Haiti are just over my shoulder as the moon and sun trade places for another night here on the island.
In this moment, I am absolutely enamored by the Lord. But His provision, His faithfulness, His glory. I am so satisfied with sitting in this room humbly bringing Him praise for the duration of my journey and not lifting a finger to do anything else. I want to cry with the joy of just being satisfied in the Lord. I'm humbled by how rare this feeling seems to come. Full satisfaction in the Lord? I'm ashamed at how little we find ourselves (or maybe its just me), completely at a loss for words for how good He is and how deserving of praise.
at Sunday's Creole/English church service in the arena, I had one of those moments (we'll several of them, but one in particular) in which I felt a challenge to delve into scripture and read between the lines a bit. I wish I would've written this all down on Sunday night, rather than wait to lose the freshness of it; but that is my own poor stewardship. I just had a vision of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, and thought about the ramifications of that. What must that have been like? Could you imagine their faith? Talk about God showing up in a big way. Then I got to thinking about what the people must have been thinking, seeing a mighty wave of water on ither side of them, having faith that God wouldn't let it crash down upon them.
as much as i want to write all of this out in one, intense blog, I think it is best for me to make it into 4 or 5 separate entries. So please be patient with me as i write and post them all. For someone like me who really struggles with the Old Testament as much as I did with history in high school and college, I find moments like this very rare, yet exciting; moments of intensity represented by quite the opposite reaction than I would typically have. I find it difficult to draw as much applicability from the Old Testament and get lost in the lines of lineage (redundant?) and the who-begot-who's. But this story, of the Exodus, truly ignited a spark in my heart for the Word, and how God speaks through it.
and so, it begins. the journey of the red sea.
(Please forgive the double posting; its necessary for continuity in my opinion :P)
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