Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … … Please take the time to take in a video of Steven Curtis Chapman singing Be Still and Know … declaring our need as Christians to let the noise and clamor cease to know that our LORD is ALWAYS faithful … BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD!!
Highlight Passage Exodus 14: 13-14 [NKJV] …
13 And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
… And in the stillness of our despair … God will fight for true believers … as He did for Moses … in the NIV, verse 14 reads, … “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still”
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Highlight Context - Exodus 14: 10-14 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK … … Moses saw the strength of God coming in this one still moment
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Reference Passage #1 - Psalm 46: 10 [NKJV] …
10 Be still and know that I am God …
… God’s desire to save His rebellious people …
Reference Passage #2 - Isaiah 30: 15 [NKJV] …
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: … “In returning and rest you shall be saved; … In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” …
… God’s desire to save His rebellious people …
Reference Passage #3 - Isaiah 53: 6 [NKJV] …
6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; … and the Lord has laid on HIM, the iniquity of us all.
… Oh, we are stupid sheep, who wander … but He’s provided THE WAY back
Reference Passage #4 - 2nd Corinthians 12: 10 [NKJV] …
8 “When I am weak, then I am strong. …
… Paul need to learn and acknowledge that it was in his recognition and acknowledgment of his weakness he would receive God’s grace to cover his weaknesses …
My Journal for Today: Today’s Our Daily Bread author, Lawrence Darmani, takes his readers back to the time when the grumbling Israelites, trapped by Pharaoh against the Red Sea upon their attempted escape from Egypt, were horrified by their circumstances, crying out for Moses to surrender and go back to Egypt into slavery. But Moses, now knowing and trusting in His God, told the people to BE STILL and see God at work in their deliverance. …
And history tells us of that incredible show of God’s strength on display in the stillness of Moses’ faith. And I, personally, have seen - on several occasions in my life - what the Psalmist wrote about in Psalm 46: 10 and what Steven Curtis Chapman sings about (linked above) … for believers to “be still AND KNOW” God’s strength at work in the stillness of our faith.
And I pray today that I - as well as any reading with me - have that stillness of faith and trust in our Lord to deliver us when we’re oppressed or overwhelmed.
My Prayer Today: Oh Lord, … For those who are up against life’s Red Sea, I pray for Your strength to cover us in our weakness. Let us “be still and know that You are God!” Amen
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