Beautiful Music and Another Word from the Lord

I really believe that this music by the Radio Bible Class must have been really prayed over before it while it was being written, created, performed, recorded, and released. I think I must always listen to it while I have my daily quiet time.

I am reading about Moses and the Red Sea. Here are some things God showed me through his Word and through his servant, Dr. Swindoll.

The Hebrews lifestyle at the time was Egyptian to the core. They had never known what it was like to live in the land where they were going.

The Hebrews weren't accidentally at the Red Sea. They had been led there by God with a huge cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. They were following Moses, a man who had learned obedience and knew what the Lord wanted him to do. They were sure they were in the right place. It wasn't a wrong turn, God took them there. He knew they needed the Red Sea to learn something.

When I think back over my latest Red Sea experience, I see the same thing. I was sure that I was supposed to do what I was doing. I was very sure that the Lord was leading me there. He also sent me a Moses, a friend who was also sure that she was following what the Lord wanted her to do. She was listening very closely to him. This is why when I came to the Red Sea I was very surprised. The whole journey God had protected us. So when I came to the Red Sea I did the very things the Hebrews did I cried to God and asked why. so many whys. Why did I have to come to this place? Why couldn't I have just stayed where I was? Why did I have to fail? Why did I have to be betrayed?

You know the Lord never really told the Hebrews why. He only said, "Don't fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent." Exodus 14. So the Lord told them to do 4 things that he also tells us:

1. Fear not
2. Stand Still
3. Watch him work
   
4. Keep quiet
   

I asked why for a long time. Now I have come to the point where the why doesn't matter. Or maybe I know why, there have been many things that I have learned at the Red Sea. They are the lessons that that Dr. Swindoll describes:

1. It takes tight places to break lifetime habits. For me the lifetime habits was to do it myself, to depend only on my own strength.
   
2. When hemmed in on all sides the only place to look is up.
3. If the Lord is to get the glory, He must do the fighting. "Had we been in charge of the Red Sea project, we would have handled it differently. Our group of engineers would have pushed back that water a week in advance. We would have installed great, massive fans to dry out the land. We would have erected huge neon signs. somebody would have brought in concessions stands to handle the hot dogs and drinks. You see, when people do it, the project takes on all the trademarks of market-driven hot-shots. The supernatural is eclipsed by human ingenuity." page 225 of Moses
4. Red Seas open and close at the Lord's command and not until.
   

"Coming to the Red Sea is just as much a part of His plan as crossing it. It may well be that the Lord is breaking a habit born in Egypt, a habit that has no business living in Canaan. Those habits are tough to break. The tears flow as God works in His tim. But in the burning of those teas, God becomes very significant and real. And we realize, at last, that a predicament in God's hands is only a highway to the Promised Land" page 227.

Thank you Lord for these wonderful words and for my dear friend who was and is my Moses.