Stand still and see the Salvation of the Lord. Do you remember when Moses said that? In front of him to the east was the Red Sea, shimmering in the sun, over one hundred miles wide, thousands of feet deep. Behind Moses to the west were thousands of Israelites, as far as the eye could see, - weary mothers clinging to their young children’s hands, older children watching for direction from their fathers, fathers keeping an eye on their family and flocks, the elderly leaning on their walking sticks – all stopped dead in their dusty, desperate escape from the tyranny and cruelty of Egypt by this vast, deep, unyielding expanse of water. And behind this group of refugees, galloping closer and closer, Pharaoh and his thousands of horses and chariots, with a cruel and confident thirst to reconquer. What were the hounded, tired, and now trapped Israelites to do? There indeed seemed to be no escape, no way out. Where was the Lord? Had they come this far in their trust of Him only to find Him no-where, and perhaps not even true?
Do you ever feel that way? How often have we and other believers over the ages wondered where God was in our trials? Or worse yet, how often has our heart told us that maybe He is not trustworthy after all? In some way or another, these feelings and thoughts of ours are determined to falsely dictate God’s character to us daily as we experience either the small irritations of life or the intensity of the trials that buffet and threaten to, and sometimes do, overwhelm us.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Our faith in God needs to be revived by the One Who gave us that faith. We don’t have faith in and of ourselves. It is a gift of God. It is supernatural. How is it that we believe that God created the world in 6 days? How is it that we believe the virgin birth? How is it we believe that Jesus rose from the dead? Yes, we have the Word of God that tells us these truths, and yet, there are some who have read the Bible and have heard these things, and still don’t believe. God gives to his children a living faith to believe. And though we can falter in our faith and even sometimes not believe that God can help - just like the Israelites who let their eyes determine the situation (walking by sight, not by faith) - we can also ask God to give us faith, to renew our faith, to strengthen our faith to believe that what He says is true and to believe that He will never leave us nor forsake us. God does not turn a deaf ear to the cries of His children who are seeking to be strengthened in their faith.
When your faith falters, or is dim, cry out to your faithful Heavenly Father. Be bold to believe in Him. And then...
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord!
Mrs. Mary Brown, Principal