Exodus 14:10-12
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.
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?
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.”
Why is it that you would even consider the idea to serve or be kept as a slave by the Devil? Today there are people that are serving the devil because they can't see a way out.
We see here that the Israelites are tired of wondering through the desert to get to their ultimate promise land. When you are in the desert and you feel you are at certain doom just know that God is there to bring you out if you will on listen and follow Him.
By this time the Israelites have come to the Red Sea and are camped out close by the water's edge. As they look out to the sea they are pondering that they have nowhere to go and they feel that they will surely die.
Exodus 14:13-20
13 And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation[a] 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.”
15 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
God has a plan for the Israelites that He would not fell them, but lead them to victory. God has a plan for you that will lead you to victory.
When you examine your life today and you see how the enemy is trying to destroy you or your family do you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Many people are caught up with things like un-forgiviness, anger, jealousy, depression, or anxiety. Can you not see how God is trying to work in your life? Can you not see how the devil is working in your life?
The Israelites are camped out close to the red sea they are looking at the large expansion of water and cannot sleep because they do not see the way out.
Exodus 14:21-31
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He [a]troubled the army of the Egyptians.
25 And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”
26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
29 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.
The Devil continued to drive the Egyptian army to follow the Israelites, because he wanted them dead, however God was watching over them and keeping them safe.
In your life there has been that one family member that has made you angry or that friend that did or said the wrong thing. There has been that person at your job that has been harassing you or doing something to make you mad. God is still the one in control if you allow Him to be.
Maybe the Satan is trying to drive you crazy. There are times that you feel like you are losing your mind or so deep in depression that you feel you don't belong. God can help you! 1 Corinthians 16:13 13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
Don't have fear, but be strong. God is there with you.
Are you standing on the bank today and looking at no way out?
Are you walking through the deep with walls all around you and thinking that you can't see the end.
Jesus said in John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life.
Matthew 19:26
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”