Moses - An Unlikely Choice: What God Does in a Predicament (Exodus 13:21-22)

Series: Moses - An Unlikely Choice

Sermon: What God Does in a Predicament

Scripture: Exodus 13:21-22

Date: August 11, 2019

 

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of could to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.  He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.  (Exodus 13:21-22)

"Can we fix it?  Yes, we can!"  -Bob, the Builder

You might follow God to a dead-end.

God is teaching them that He will fight their battles as they obey.

"One step forward in obedience is wort years of study about it."  -Oswald Chambers

Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.  (Galatians 5:25, NLT)

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?"  (Exodus 14:11)

Don't fix the blame, fix the problem.

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."  (Exodus 14:13)

Then he said to me: "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts."  (Zechariah 4:6)

And he said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat!  Thus says the Lord to you: 'Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not your, but God's.'"  (2 Chronicles 20:15)

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.  (Ephesians 3:12)

What are you infecting (influencing) people with: faith or unbelief?

Here are three really cool things God wants to do for us when we are in a predicament:

1. God directs us
   • Exodus 14:15 
   • The most important thing we can do in a predicament is what God wants us to do.
2. God defends us
   • Exodus 14:19-20, NIV
3. God delivers us
   • Exodus 14:21, NIV
   • God opened a way where there was no way.  He made a path for His people by His power.
   • Exodus 14:23-26, NIV
   • God does not want us to be strong.  God wants to be our strength.
   • Exodus 1:12-13
   • What we need to see is that the Red Sea is a picture of our salvation:
     • God directs us
     • God defends us
     • God delivers us