You can turn again in God's word that we read earlier and back to the book of Exodus, Exodus chapter 14. And we'll read verse 10 and then verses 13 down to verse 15 as we get the Lord's great command and what we're to do in the midst of the Red Sea here that we see in this passage. So Exodus chapter 14 reading verse 10 and then verses 13 to 15. There in God's Word we read, and when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes. And behold, the Egyptians marched after them. And they were so afraid, and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you today. For the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore cryest thou unto me? Speak on to the children of Israel that they go forward. Let us seek the Lord together in a word of prayer. Our Father in heaven, we thank Thee for the scripture of truth. We thank Thee, Lord, that this book is forever settled in heaven, and we thank Thee, Lord, as a sure resting place for the soul and to lay its heart upon But Lord, how we know we may have the truth, but we may have it out of season. And Lord, how more pertinent and how more powerful the Word of God is when it comes at that right course, at that right time, where the heart has been prepared for the reception of truth. And we pray, Lord, that this would be a word and season for thy people here this morning. That, Lord, as they stand in the midst of their Red Sea, that, Lord, they would hear a voice ringing clear over the sea of trouble. They would hear the voice of their Master. And, Lord, as they hear their God speakingly personal to them this morning, we pray, Lord, you'll strengthen their heart and you'll increase their faith. that, Lord, they can go forward, knowing the Lord is with them and the Lord is for them, and he will break that Red Sea before them and bring them through to the other side. Come and strengthen our hearts, Lord, how we need it. Lord, you have told us in this world you shall have tribulation But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. Help us, Lord, to hear that good cheer of the Master as he speaks to us afresh this morning. For we ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Now as we break into this passage of Scripture here, we find the children of Israel at a crossroads. It to the one hand was a much shorter route, that route traveling along the flat coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The children of Israel made it into the promised land in a matter of 11 days. In fact, that route along the Mediterranean Sea had no Red Sea to cross. It had no mountains to traverse. It would have been the most simple and most straightforward route for them to have taken. The only thing standing in their way along that route was a little stream that would eventually lead down into the Red Sea. However, when the Lord spoke to His people here at the start of this chapter, in verse 2, He told His people to turn and to head towards the city of Pihairoth. He told them that this crossroads to take the other route, this route that led down into the Sahara desert of Africa, they discovered that little stream that would have been so easy for them to walk over, was now getting bigger and bigger. In fact, when they came to the end of the road, they were now confronted with a mighty Red Sea. And to the left-hand side was a mighty mountain range of Attica. And to the right-hand side was a mountain range of Abu Darajah. And behind them now, they could see the mighty force of Pharaoh. And he'd remember that Egypt was the leading civilization of that day. It was like America coming with all the latest technology against this band of farmers and servants who were used to being slaves. And they're now standing at the Red Sea, cut off with a mountain to the left and a mountain to the right. They began to complain. Indeed, they said to Moses, why have you led us here into this trap? Why have you brought us to this dead end? Look, Moses, we are now surely going to die. And standing there and looking by the eye of the flesh, there seemed to be no hope. And gazing on the strength of the Egyptian armies, what did they miss? They missed that the supernatural pillar of fire and the supernatural pillar of cloud was still standing there amongst them. God was still showing to him by His supernatural presence and by His Word and providence that had led them there, that God was still with them. They had not walked outside of the will of God. They were still in the center of God's will. God's will still leads His people to the Red Seas on the route to the Promised Land. And child of God, this morning, there's no mistake that God brings us on these detours. Sometimes God brings us to a dead end in our Christian pilgrimage. Sometimes God brings us to a valley of hardship on our way to heaven. But it's there God gets the glory. He shows that He's sovereign not only over our lives, But He's sovereign over the pharaohs and the problems of this world. Nothing is beyond the reach and the grasp of our God. And if you think of Abraham, where did God lead Abraham? He led him to a dead-end situation leading up into the mountain. There on the altar, there was no sacrifice but His Son. But it was there in that situation that seemed so hard that the Lord proved Himself in Abram's life. They did the same with Elijah. God led him to Brook Cherith. And there in Brook Cherith, he saw that brook drying up. God led Daniel into a den of lions. And God led His disciples by His commandment to go out into the sea when God knew there was a vicious storm coming their way. And what did they all have in common? They were all in the center of God's will. They had heard the Master speak, and they had walked in submission to His providence, and yet God brought them to a difficult place. And that should comfort our hearts, child of God, this morning. Sickness does not necessarily mean we're outside of the will of God. Hardship, financial stress and trouble does not mean that we've walked outside of the will of God. And a really teenager in the home, a hard boss at the workplace, and a loving government does not mean that God's church has walked outside of God's will. God's will including all of these things. In fact, Christ even said, in this world, Ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." And can I encourage you this morning that though you find yourself in a hard place like Israel, God has led you to a place where it seems, humanly speaking, that you're cut off. It's impossible for you to survive in. Remember, God has led you there. When God leads you into such places, God then comes and never leaves His people abandoned. God comes in the valley in the hour of our need, and He stretch, bears His mighty arm to strengthen our faith and our confidence and trust in the Almighty God of heaven. See, God's will for His people doesn't just lead us to our promised lands. God's will for His people on the way to the promised land. It will bring us down into the valley and even to our Red Seas. See God leading the children of Israel out of the land of bondage, purchasing with the precious blood of the Passover lamb. Where next did they come to? We read here that they came to the Red Sea and God reminds them by His presence and His word, fear not. You are where I want you to be. However, this morning, because so often this is the account that happens in Christians, we don't get through this world without the fire being put through the fiery furnace. We have to stand like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in such situations. And therefore, to encourage you this morning, I want us to consider here the response of the Israelites at the Red Sea. The response of the Israelites, God's people, at the Red Sea. And it was, first of all, the despair they exhibited. The despair that they first of all exhibited, because coming to Pi-Hiroth, notice here that they feared. Because in verse 10 we read, and when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes. And behold, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were sore afraid. You some have asked, if the hail had landed there in Egypt, where did Pharaoh get all these horses to chase the Israelites? However, in Exodus 9, verse 5, we're told, it was only those that were in the field that were destroyed. In other words, the king's horses being safely kept in the king's stables, these horses had been protected from God's judgment of heel in the land of Egypt. And if the children of Israel here, now setting their eyes upon these horses, rather than God's presence in the midst of the camp, They became so afraid. In fact, they became so full of fear that they even turned on God's servant, Moses. Fear was now taking over their heart. The child of God, that is the natural consequence when we get our eyes off the Lord. As soon as we stop focusing on God's power, on God's promises, and on God's faithfulness, as soon as we focus on the situation that we are in and the weakness that we have within, Fear is a natural consequence. We will lose our confidence in our Almighty God. In fact, we don't see that in the life of Peter. Peter did a real brave thing. While the rest of the disciples wanted to stay within the boat in the midst of a storm in the Sea of Galilee, it was Peter who says, I want to walk on water. And what made him so bold to ask for such a thing? He had just saw how powerful his Savior was. as he saw Christ sovereignly walking amongst the waves in the midst of a storm, and saw that the waves were even subject to the Son of God. It so filled the heart of Peter that he believed if Christ could do this, Christ could do this for me also. And seeing his Savior, he asked if he could walk upon the water. And what happened, as soon as Peter was walking, keeping his eyes on the Savior, as soon as he lifted his eyes up to the Savior, Matthew pinpoints the problem. He says in Matthew 14, 29, when Peter was drowning in the sea, he says in verse 29, but when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. In other words, as soon as Peter got his eyes on the supernatural power and the love of God in Christ, Peter was full of fear, and Peter began to sing. And while we must always be aware of the dangers of the Red Sea, we must just be aware of the deliverer of the Red Sea. We must not fail to see that God is still standing amongst us, and he will never leave us to our own strength. Many, many years ago, A man hired an experienced guide to lead him up the Swiss Alps. And after hours, they had come to this high, remote mountain pass. But the night before, there was an awful storm and deluge of rain. And the path before them had now been washed away. To the left-hand side was a sheer rock cliff, and to the right-hand side was a thousand feet fall. And the man, beginning to grow faint and full of fear, he then heard the guide shout out, do not look down. For you are a dead man. And if you get your eyes of Christ right now, at the midst of your Red Sea, if you begin to feel to see that God is always in control of your life, and God will overrule those problems within your life, you'll be like that man. Fear will strike you. Like the children of Israel, you will begin to pause and begin to freeze in the spot. Threat and anxiety taking over. You're no longer going forward. You're now standing still because you've lost confidence in your God. In fact, it was not the response of the wicked, slothful servant of Matthew 25, thinking and believing that his Lord was a hard taskmaster, a man reaping where he has not sown and gathering where he has not strewed. What did he do? Fear filled his heart. And then he went and digged a hole and hid his talent. In other words, fear getting in and his faith going out. He became slothful, and he became full of idleness. He was no longer serving the Master. Fear removed his ability to work. And child of God, if you reach that Red Sea, that problem, and if you begin to focus on that problem to the exclusion of your God, not only will fear fill your heart, you'll be paralyzed. You're no longer one to serve your Master. Maybe that's a description of somebody here this morning. That's a picture of what's happened to you. God has led you down into the valley. You could not stay in the mountaintop forever. God has brought you to a place that is difficult and hard. Sickness has come in. Hardship has come in. Affliction has come in. And focusing on the problems and focusing on the pain of suffering. My friend, fear has got in. You're no longer serving God with all of your heart in your local church. You're no longer serving your family faithfully anymore. You're no longer nourishing upon the bread of God's Word. Fear has filled your heart. Child of God, the first recipe is It's like Moses instructed the Israelites. When they lifted up their eyes and saw the Egyptians in fear come in, the next command was, fear ye not, stand still. See, get your eyes back on the salvation of the Lord to get rid of the fear in your hearts. Notice also here, we see the fear that they experience here in this despair, but notice also their forgetfulness because they forgot. They forgot because tripping over their own fear, we see the next consequence in verse 11. And they said unto Moses, because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? In the previous chapter, the Lord had promised his people I shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites." In fact, fulfilling these words, they had just witnessed, days before the supernatural power of God, how God had turned the sun black, how God had turned the river Nile into blood, how God had made perfectly healthy skin break forth in boils. In fact, I'm sure they could still hear the ringing in their ears. The parents sobbing when they lost their firstborn son under the judgment of God. And though they had just saw miracles, the miraculous supernatural power of God, what happened in a matter of hours? Fear coming in. They forgot the power of their God. And God had done all those things and had promised them to bring them into the land of Canaan. And fear, if it is not conquered, Fear will conquer you. And when fear gets into your heart in the midst of your dismay, you will soon find that you're a forgetful Christian. You'll soon find all those promises that you had memorized as a child and learned in the Sunday school, all those previous experiences that you had witnessed God in your life and intervention, and even church history, how the Lord has brought people through that same predicament that you were in. What will fear do? Fear will cloud your judgment and your mind. you'll forget the goodness of your God in previous occasions in your life. In fact, that's what happened to the children of Israel as they were preparing to leave the land of Babylon. The Lord said in Isaiah 51, verses 12 to 13, I, even I, am he that comforteth you. Who art thou? That thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass. And forget us, the Lord thy maker. And here he addresses his people, he says, why are you afraid of man? Man's just like the grass you'll see in your garden a few weeks time. It'll be cut down in a matter of days. And how simple it is to cut down grass. That's how frail and how weak those men are that you're scared of. In fact, when he says, now because you're full of fear, what's happened? You've forgotten Me, the Lord thy Maker. And fear and faith cannot coexist in the child of God's heart. Like light or darkness, one must dispel the other. If you let anxiety and fretfulness get into your heart, You will soon find that the confidence you had in God's Word has now been removed and dispelled from that heart that once trusted in God. I'm sure you remember the familiar story of Robeson Crusoe, written in 1719, how he lived 28 years all alone on an uninhabited island after a shipwreck in which everybody else perished except himself. Finding a Bible, he found Christ. However, one day, seeing a footprint in the sand, he suddenly realized I might not be all alone on this island. Indeed, realizing that these islands were full of cannibals, fear started to penetrate his heart. This man had discovered the Bible, discovered Christ, and discovered confidence and peace that passes all understanding. This is what Robeson Crusoe wrote. Thus my fear banished all my religious hope. All that former confidence I had in God had now suddenly vanished. And if you do not conquer that fear, child of God, right now at the root, that fear is going to dispel your confidence in God. You'll become a forgetful Christian. You'll forget what God done for you last week. You'll forget what God done for you 10 years ago. You'll forget what God had done for His church throughout thousands and thousands of years of rich history. Child of God, if you do not deal with that fear and get your eyes back in the Savior, you'll become like Israel. Only hours ago, they had saw the supernatural hand of their God, and here they were full of fear. They had forgotten that the Red Sea was nothing to their God. Their God could easily split it by one word and action. Child of God, do not let fear exist in your heart. It'll make you forgetful. But it was also, and we find that they were forgetful here, but it was also they fought. They fought, because seeing the Egyptian chariots, we read in verse 11, And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? You earlier, they had willingly taken the Passover lamb, and they had sacrificed it They willingly, with no gun placed at their back, had placed the blood on the doorposts of their homes. And going out of Israel, there was not a word of protest. In fact, we read in this chapter, they went out with a high hand. They were full of confidence and full of praise and glory, what their God had done for them. But oh, how fear suddenly changed the picture. Fear getting in, they soon turned on God's servant, the servant who had rescued them from the judgment of losing their firstborn, the servant who had brought them out with a high hand out of Egypt. They were now wrestling and falsely libeling him as being capricious. If somebody had a mean heart, he had brought them out to the wilderness of Africa that they would die beside the Red Sea. And fear getting into their hearts, what happened? They began to strive not only with God's servant, but really they were striving with God. God had told them to turn and to take the harder path. God had led them to the Red Sea. They were grumbling and complaining against the God who had saved them. And where there is fear, there will always be fighting. Fighting will soon come into God's people's house, home, and even the church. Fear instead of faith will cause us to put our hands upon each other's necks. In fact, we find that in the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah had come and he had found the people willing. There were people willing to work. Indeed, bringing them out and building the walls, they soon faced opposition that we do always in God's work. And what do we discover in Nehemiah chapter 4? Fear coming into their hearts. The Israelites who were once willingly working, they had a mind to work. Fear coming in, they began to complain and to wrestle with God's servant, Nehemiah. In fact, they said, the strength of the bearers of burdens has decayed, and there is much rubbish. so that we are not able to build the wall." In other words, they were undermining his judgment and his leadership. They say, where have you leaded us to? This cannot be done. How did Nehemiah address the situation? He realized it was fear and unbelief. His next response was this, be not ye afraid of them. Remember the Lord, which is great and terrible. And getting their eyes back on God, fear left. and their fighting soon disappeared. They began to put the sword in one hand and the trowel in the other hand, and they continued to finish God's work in building the walls of Jerusalem. A nuance of Jew fear will lead you to conflict. It will turn you against your wife, it will turn you against your children, and it will turn you against God's servants and God's church. That fear and unbelief that is not dealt with, it will bring us like the children of Israel to wrestle with God's servant Moses, complaining and mumbling against God's almighty hand in her life. Indeed, it's been rightly said, there's nothing more to be afraid than fear itself. Indeed, the president who said that, he recognized there was great depression, there was financial trouble, but fear was driving the people not to do business, not to sell things or to buy things. It was causing the depression to get greater and greater. And what was his answer? fear itself. And people seeing that fear was the problem, they soon start putting their confidence back in the market, and soon brought America out of the Great Depression. And my friend, if you lock two people in a room, and you begin to mix a little fear, rattle a little noise, and pretend there's a snake in that little room, you'll soon find them wrestling against each other. Fear will drive people to war with one another. And child of God, if you want to keep your marriage strong, if you want to keep your home strong, and you want to keep your church strong, Keep your eyes on the Lord. It's only looking to God's grace and His power that'll keep the fear out, that will cause us to fight with one another. See, the first thing we witnessed here of the Israelites at the Red Sea was the despair, the despair they exhibited. But it was also the directive they embraced. The directive they embraced, though there seemed to be no way of escape here, yet there was no panic in heaven. God seemed to be full of calmness. In fact, he showed he had plans. He had foreseen this problem. And instructing him as what to do, notice, there was to be a pausing, first of all. A pausing. Because in verse 13 he says, And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. During a time of crisis, the hardest thing to do is to stand still. The human natural response is, let's control it. Let's get plans and let's speak to so-and-so and let's manipulate this other person and this other situation. Let's meddle. Get our hands involved and seek to, under our own wisdom and our own strength, seek to get on top of this problem. Thinking we can get our control and our hands on it, it'll get rid of the fear and anxiety. And no doubt that was the same response here. Fear getting in, they wanted to control the situation at the Red Sea. I'm sure some said to Moses, let's build a bridge. I'm sure some said to Moses, let's make boats and get over. Some would have said, there's no time. Let's organize and fight the Egyptians. Others would have said, it's impossible. They're too great. Let's just surrender and go back and receive the penalties and be slaves in Egypt. However, the Lord's instruction was this. Stand still. Stop meddling. Stop depending upon your own plans and the arm of the flesh. Just sit still for a moment and put your eyes back on me. See that I've loved you. See that I've made promises to you. See that I have not left you alone, but I have a plan to bring you through. Stop in the midst of your hour of need and look to me by faith. Look up onto the hills from whence cometh your help. There you'll see me with all my love and grace. seeking to bring plans and help to you in your hour of need. And child of God, until we become still, we will never become successful. There needs to be a recognizing that the activities of the flesh in themselves will fail. We need to realize that we, like Jacob, we can't meddle. We can't manipulate Esau to like us. We have to stand and be still and look to the Lord. The Lord, You overruled the situation. Indeed, as we come into the 46th Psalm, we find that the Assyrians were camped just outside the walls of Jerusalem. Such was their might that the city was shaking with the thud of the feet of that army. And God giving instructions to them, what was His command in Psalm 46? Be still and know that I am God. My friend, that is the surest advice for anybody in their hour of need. Do you know how often a pastor has brought that passage of Scripture to somebody in a hospital? The wife is fretting, worrying about her husband in the sickbed, and how she needs to be reminded. Be still. And when she begins to be still and begins to look to her Lord again with the eyes of faith, she begins to see that God's actually in control of the situation. He's bringing doctors. He's bringing helpers. He's bringing nurses. His providence is sorting the whole thing out. God is in control of the situation. In fact, it was the same with Moses' mother, Jochebed. Jochebed sought to control the situation. She sought to hide Moses in the home by faith. But eventually, God says, you're going to have to look to Me by faith. Three months came when the baby was too loud and too noisy. She could no longer hide it within the home. And casting her cares upon the Lord, for he careth for her. She looked to God's providence to look after Moses and put him in the red seat. What did God do? God brought Pharaoh's daughter along. God who controls the king's hearts. He caused Pharaoh's daughter to fall in love with baby Moses. And there God even used Pharaoh's daughter and the very man who made the law to kill all the Israelite babies. God's providence had found a way out and delivered Jochebed's baby, Moses. A child of God in the midst of trouble. Though it's the hardest thing to do, the Scripture advice is still the same. Be still and know that I am God. So often we're like the busy little lamp. We seek to carry the mountains away in our own strength. We're so busy we leave no room for God to work. My friend, follow the advice of Acts chapter 4. The early church seeing Peter and John arrested and Peter and John coming back saying, we have now been commanded no longer to preach the gospel with a threat of imprisonment. What was the church's response? A prayer meeting. And going into the place of prayer, being still what happened, they began to look to God. And in that prayer, they said, Lord, thou art God, which has made heaven and earth and the sea. And all that in them is, who by the mouth of thy servant David hath said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered against the Lord, and against his Christ. For the truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, and the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were gathered together. For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done." And stopping and praying and seeing how powerful and sovereign their God was, it says at the end of the prayer meeting, the building shook. And even though the law had not changed, they went out and preached the resurrection of Christ with boldness, bringing thousands into the church of Jesus Christ. And child of God, there's four reactions when we reach our dead seas. We can either give in to despair that says, lie down and do nothing. We're defeated. We can either give in to impatience, which says we have to do something with the power of the flesh, or we can give over to presumption, which says let's go and sort out the problem ourselves, or we can give over to faith. Look to God and ask God to intervene for you. Child of God, here's the advice for you in your Red Sea. Like Israel, be still. See the salvation of God and wait upon Him. It is also known as their pausing, but there was a progressing, a progressing because assuring them that He would fight for them. Read in verse 15 that God then said to His servant, wherefore cryest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward. It was clear from the phrase, wherefore cryest thou unto me, that Moses was in an attitude of prayer. Indeed, praying, the Lord brought an answer. He saved you now to go forward in faith. You see that rod that was a piece of wood in your hand that could do nothing in the wilderness for 40 years when you were a shepherd? Take that rod and go to the Red Sea. And when you lift that rod up that's just a piece of wood, My power will come down and I will split the Red Sea at my command." In other words, after there was a sitting still, the Lord then opened up His word to him. He says, Moses, I want you now to walk by faith. Go forward and lift the rod and lead my people forward. And while there's a time for standing still, there's also a time for sprinting. God comes by His Word and He says, right now, by my faith, submit to my methods. Go forward in faith and you'll see my power manifested in the gospel ministry and sorting out the problems in church and in family lives and uniting homes in Christ. In fact, we find that in Acts chapter 5. Acts chapter 4, they wait it in prayer. And then going forward and submitting to God's providence, they preach the Word despite the laws in that land. And what happened? God brought many people into the kingdom of God. My friend, faith is never idle. James says that a faith that doth not work, it's dead. It doesn't exist. You don't have saving faith. Saving faith is all we've seen in our works that rely upon the confidence of God intervening in our lives. In fact, in Hebrews 11, who through faith, what do they do? They subdued kingdoms. They wrought righteousness, they obtained promises, they stopped the mouths of lions, they quenched the violence of fire. In fact, out of weakness they were made strong and waxed valiant in fight. In other words, even though they knew how weak they were, after sitting still and seeing that God was going to go ahead with them into the problem, and then facing the problem in the strength and the confidence of God, they then saw supernatural events. The Lord unraveled that tight knot and brought them through that difficult situation. And remember, our Father is a good Father. As Spurgeon says, there's many parents, and they're too good to their children. They do absolutely everything for them, that then when it comes later on in life, when they marry, they can never do anything for themselves. Well, Spurgeon says our Father in Scripture is described as a good, heavenly Father. And therefore, God in His wisdom, though He could do all things Himself, He gives us responsibilities. He depends upon human instrumentality and expects us to go out in faith by that method and instrumentality to see the Lord intervene. And child of God, as Esau and Jehoshaphat prayed, we don't know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee. After sitting still, they then went into the battle and the Lord brought the victory. Child of God, after you've sit still and the Lord has shown you His method, those scriptural ways and how to deal with that situation, though it may seem in a human sense that that will never change the situation. Go forward in faith. Trust in your God. And when you go forward in faith, the Lord will bring the answers and bring the victory. He'll bring great glory to Himself. In fact, we see it in the very last point at the end of this meeting here. Notice here, not only the despair they exhibited and the directive they embraced, But we notice also the deliverance they experienced. Because stepping out in faith, we read in verse 21 that they were delivered. Because in verse 21 it says, and 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 dry land, and the waters were divided. You had the Jordan, there was no wind, but here there was a strong east wind. You need to remember, there were 2 million people here. Scripture said there were 600,000 men over the age of 20, taking their wives, taking their children. We can reasonably presume there were 2 million people. And if it were God to get them over by night, the space of 8 or 10 hours, 2 million people, God had to open up an 8-lane motorway to get them all across. In fact, God had to send the wind to dry the ground out. The seabed would be mucky. There'd be sinking sand. They would get stuck. that God's grace is sufficient for all needs. He had made the sea wide enough and the ground dry enough. He had brought a sufficient answer to the need and brought his people through. And the Lord is able not only to make a way through the wilderness, but he's able to make a way through the sea to make the impossible possible for God's people. The Japanese invading. We read of Yang Chen, Gladys Alward, and she led over a hundred orphans over the mountains to seek to escape the Japanese soldiers during World War II. And battling with despair, thinking all hope was gone, a little 13-year-old girl came up and reminded Gladys of how Moses crossed the Red Sea by the power of God. And she said to the little girl, but I'm not Moses. And she said back to her leader, the God of Moses is still the God of today. He can do the same thing for you. And how often we sing, Elijah's God still lives today to take the guilt of sin away. And how often our hearts are lifting to prayer meetings singing that hymn. But child of God, are you realizing your faith today by practice? Do you realize the God who brought the fire down from heaven, and the water in the size of a cloud of a man's hand, and the God who opened the Red Sea, he loves to specialize the impossibility. It's there that God gets glory out of a little lad with five loaves and two fishes, out of Dorcas' needle, and out of David's sling. God gets great glory in a weak human instrumentality who goes forth in faith in Him. As the hymn writer says, God, any rivers you think are impossible, God, any mountains you cannot tunnel through, God specializes in things thought impossible, and He can do what no other God can do. Child of God, be still. See how great your God is. Submit to His methods. Go out in confidence upon the command, and God will bring those supernatural answers He'll intervene and bring you through those troubles personally and those troubles even collectively. The Lord will always be faithful in bringing his people through your trust and pray and lean upon him. prove the Lord at your Red Sea and give him all the glory like Moses did. The very next chapter, he spent it singing, giving thanks to God for all what he has done. Oh, we may be like Moses and submit and go forward in faith in our God. Can we sing the hymn 540, the hymn 540? We'll have the Lord's table here just at the conclusion of this meeting, but there'll be a chance at the chorus after the first hymn, verse of this hymn, a chance for, I'll go to the door and a chance for you to leave. If you cannot be with us, enjoy the Lord's table here this morning. The hymn 540, we'll stand together and sing this hymn. let all our strength is a victory my faith. Oh, glorious Salvation. victory. before the angels we shall know we'll vanquish all the