With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home. Ex 15:13 (NLT)
PART 2
Moses sang of praise and thanksgiving after the Israelites had all safely crossed through the Red Sea and the Egyptian army had been vanquished. It was the beginning of a great pilgrimage… one of the heart more than geography.
The Exodus story is an incredible journey of hope and rescue – the culmination of challenging years. Imagine the thoughts and beliefs they would have held about themselves and their status upon the earth brought on by years of slavery and hardship… Yet even so, an undeniable thirst and hope for more stirred just below the surface of the enslaved people… never feeling quite at home with their situation, knowing somehow, someway, salvation would come.
Those days after leaving Egypt so miraculously were indeed filled with God’s might on display… Pillars of cloud and fire, the parting of the Red Sea, the decimation of the Egyptian army… God was leading them into freedom, and yes, to the promised land.
But more than that, He was leading their hearts to hope, to freedom and life. Although there was a geographical plan and an intended homeland for the Israelites to settle in, God had a journey for their hearts also.
These people were curled over and wound tight by generations worth of oppression. Beaten, abused, their children killed and elders abandoned… The events leading up to the Exodus began to awaken hope within them. Slowly, as God led them by His might, their lives began to unfold and stretch out into a hope and freedom they had only dreamed of. And this unfolding took time. When we read the Exodus story and the Israelites begin to panic when the Egyptian army turns up, we (the readers) judge them harshly: Where is their faith? But think about the mind-spin they were going through… and remember that change takes time. Moses reminded them “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see the Lord’s salvation He will provide for you today… The Lord will fight for you…”
God was leading their hearts on a journey of belief and hope… As He will with you. Don’t just focus on the tangible path God is leading you down. Allow Him to stretch out your heart with faith, hope and love… and lead you inwardly on the journey of grace and change.
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