Exodus 14:13b-14 "The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. (The Israelites were seeing a powerful, trained, and well-equipped Egyptian army bearing down upon them, intent on crushing them and blocking their planned escape from bondage, recapturing them, and enslaving them once again. The Lord, however, tells His people they will never look on this Egyptian power ever again, that the Egyptians will never again be able or be disposed to war against them, and that they will never again menace His people as they are now. Though the Israelites couldn't even imagine what is about to unfold, they are about to see with their own eyes the absolute destruction of this mighty army at the Hand of the Lord. Once we allow the Lord to defeat the situations in our lives today that cause us concern, we will never again contend with that force, that fear, that person, or that hardship because the Lord's victory is always complete.) The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." (Nothing of God's people's words or their actions would impact what was about to happen to the Egyptians. The battle would be the Lord's and His alone because He Himself would fight against His people's enemies. Their job was to remain quiet, to remain still. The only thing God's people needed to do was to cease their accusations and grumbling against Him, to be quiet and still as God laid out His action before them, and to behold the mighty work of God unfold. When we are faced with insurmountable odds, with forces far greater than any resources we could ever muster, the Lord still today tells us that He fights for us and that He wants us to stand still and be quiet so we can see with clear eyes and uncluttered thinking exactly what He is doing in our lives right before us.)
