Yesterday morning she stooped over me as I slept, kissing me good morning on my forehead: “Did the devil ‘steal, maim and destroy?’ I asked.
No!” she responded, “Horse and rider were cast into the sea.” (Exodus 15:21) A recent set of events had included some very trying moments.
Pitiful is the teaching of those who render scripture’s accounts as nothing but myths or who have had our audience and failed to encourage our faith. Not long, should we sit at the feet of faithless preaching. The Bible is full of faith accounts in real life situations. Those we ponder for our own life models.
That event in the Red Sea became foundational to Israel’s faith; to those who became a “great cloud of witnesses;” and for centuries to come to all who will believe. The faith of Moses would have been meaningless without the actual faithfulness of God to deliver His people.
My wife and I live in a relationship in which the Deliverer yet delivers. He, who saved then, saves yet. This walk with God is for real: we seek to remind ourselves and others not to forget the benefits God actually bestows on those who seek Him and beyond finding Him, put their trust in Him. What is a testimony and worship without such continuous experience?
Many teachers seek to explain away the miraculous because their own lives are void of them. Linda and I seek the opposite; we look to God in hope and expectation.
He amazes us by the abundance of His goodness in the “abundant life” we enjoy: lives that are full of praise and worship.
Reference to “horse and rider” abounds by scripture’s authors; the prophets, Psalm 78 and elsewhere in the Psalms, in Stephen’s message to those about to kill him as recorded by Luke in the Acts, and in chapter eleven in the book of Hebrews— the faith chapter recounting Israel’s history. All of these refer to the actual deliverance of Israel in the Red Sea and to the destruction of Pharaoh’s army. Would it not be folly to place our faith in a God who only tells of mythical, non-real deliverance?
Linda and I may not walk as sure in faith as we might; but we do remind each other “Not to faint.” We are not counting on the faithfulness of our walk of faith, but in His Mightiness to save and in His faithfulness.
What child of loving human parents relies on their own perfection? No, they run to mom and dad knowing their own imperfection is a non-factor. Much more is this so with He who loved us, sent His reliable word, and sent His only Son – “To make a wretch His treasure.”
Does God treasure us as we our contrite child? Yes, we are made in image of Him. We have in scripture the history of Israel and we have like history of our own. Our testimony resembles theirs because God’s promises are sure and His presence real.
We have given up trying to be good enough or adequate in our own resources. We can say to our mountains, “Be thou removed, and be cast into the sea ”(Matthew 21:21). Such was thisRed Sea example. Satan reared up and sent his forces our way.
But Horse and rider fell into the sea and Lin and I moved back to Iowa. Reminiscing over the enormity of the challenge; the exhaustion, the sickness and trips to the emergency rooms in both states, the remodeling – moving – storing – cleaning . . . is alright. Not without human weariness did we prevail; but definitely with divine comfort, supernatural strength and aid, and just enough help from friends.
Oh reader, God is faithful. He has set before us struggles too big for our mortal capacity so that we and the world can see His hand in our lives—- just like He did withIsrael. . . just as it reads, “So that the power can be seen to be of Him.” It’s Gospel: tell it wherever you go. “Horse and rider were cast into the sea.”
We are living the abundant life! The Fountain has His resting place in us. In our mortal being we have this treasure: we are His home – His temple made not with stones. Hallelujah!
The struggles are not our banner. They are common to us all in life. The Lord is our banner. Again, again and again – “Horse and rider have been “cast into the sea” in our lives. “Blessed is the man,” Jesus preached on the Mount – Since He has invited us to “Come unto me,” why should we not be of those who are blessed?
Did the devil steal, maim, and destroy? I had asked the wife of my youth. “No, horse and rider were cast into the sea.”
Thank you, LORD. . . Imagine—the best is yet to come!
Buddy
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