Been thinking about the Israelites as they crossed the Red Sea on dry land. Forget, for a moment, the Egyptian army chasing them – that was just reason they were in the middle of the Red Sea, in the middle of a miracle. The Egyptian Army and the parting of the water were in the past. Right now, they are walking where there should rightfully be very deep water with that very same water piled up like a wall on either side of them.
Ready to come crashing down at any moment.
I mean, fine, God did a great and wonderful thing by parting the water but couldn’t He have made it just go away?? The water’s still here and it looks none too stable and if I mess up or step out of line or bump into it I know, I just know, that water is going to come crashing down killing me and wiping out everything that’s important to me.
It’s like Psalm 91:7: “A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but the danger will not come near you.” Not come near me? Not come near me?? People are dropping like flies to my left and to my right and the danger will not come near me?
But it doesn’t. God promises. He is faithful. It just looks scary. Yes, very scary. But he takes us through the flood, through the fire, through the really scary bad times. It’s what refines us into pure gold, makes real our faith and conforms us into the likeness of Jesus. After all, He was saved through death, not from it.
When you think about it, it’s the Good News.
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