Topic: LORD, BE MY GUARDIAN AND GUIDE
Text: Exodus 14:1-12
14:1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
14:2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.
14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’
14:4 So they took their journey from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness.
14:5 Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
14:6 So he [a]made ready his chariot and took his people with him.
14:7 Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.
14:8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.
14:9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
14:10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.
14:11 Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
14:12 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”
STUDY:
God led His people through the route of the Red Sea for a purpose. Note that they were camped and resting when they sighted the Egyptian army pursuing them. They were hedged in by the sea, with Pharaoh and his military might coming after them through the only land route of escape. Pharaoh and his people had a change of mind after the Israelites departed. Pharaoh therefore gathered a great army of 600 choice chariots with captains over them, and pursued them.
Naturally, the children of Israel were alarmed at the sight of the Egyptian army, and cried out to the Lord and said to Moses,”… becase there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why haveyou so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?…” They forgot that the God of the Passover was still their guardian and guide.
follow Him(Psa.48:14). A hymn writer says, ‘Follow, Follow, I will follow Jesus…. everywhere He leads me I will follow Him.’ Sometimes, the path may seem crooked and rough, but do not turn back; keep trusting that He has a good plan for your life and would not leave you stranded. Instead of murmuring and complaining, be thankful.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, be thou my Guardian and my Guide, and always hear when Icall for your help. Amen.
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