Exodus 14:15 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to Me? (Along with the people he led, Moses must have been stricken momentarily with panic when he saw the Egyptian army bearing down on him and his unprotected and trapped people, but the Lord immediately redirects his attention, just as He still does with us today. Rather than crying out in fear and defeat, the Lord is telling us that we should look to the Lord, not on the circumstances before us. When we see God for Who He Is, we do not have to fear because no matter what lies before us, there is no reason to fear. The Lord is undaunted by the enemy's fiercest attack. He is not dismayed. He is not swayed from His purposes. He tells us not to focus on what our eyes see, but on the Lord Himself, on His truths, on His promises.) Tell the Israelites to move on." (The Lord tells Moses this is not the time to cry out, but to take action. Today, as we stand in faith on God's promises, our cries of prayer grow legs and cause us to move forward. God's directions are clear and very simple. He tells Moses to command the people to move. The only problem is that moving forward is humanly impossible because the Red Sea lies before them. Moving on means moving on into certain death. Moving on means moving on into the depths of the sea to drown. But under the Lord's command, moving on means that the Lord goes before them so that they and we today move forward under His provision, protection, and deliverance.)
