“You Need Only To Be Still”

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Exodus 14:10-14

Many years after we first came to believer, the command for us to be still in the face of imminent threat should satisfy us.

When we remain still, we get to know God. He is our refuge and strength, and a very real and present help when we are in trouble.

Daily we grind through stress and other situations. But we can trust that He will be faithful to His promise to care for us. May we learn to be still.

The Lord may calm your storm, but more often He’ll calm you.

Our Daily Bread – June 11, 2015