Exodus 14:26 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen." (By turning their darkness into sudden light, the Lord had just revealed to the Egyptian army the plight of their location in the middle of the Red Sea where they had raced into the darkness to pursue God's people. What they saw, the raging storm above them and the towering walls of water on either side, threw them into a panic, and their chariots and horses were struggling to negotiate the sea floor. Now, at the time of the Egyptians' greatest vulnerability, God instructs Moses to reverse his earlier action. Again, as the Lord put His plan in place to destroy Israel's enemy, He used Moses to execute His plan, a picture to us that the Lord calls on us to walk out the purposes He has designed for His people and His enemies. In the same way that He engaged the man Moses to carry out His plan, He also calls us as individuals to participate in His purposes for us. Moses had to step out in faith to obey what the Lord had instructed Him to do. We still need to do the same today, to step out in faith and do what He says. What an amazing partnership to which the Lord invites us today!)
