The Red Sea

I am always amazed when I read about Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt, most specifically when I read about God parting the Red Sea. I don’t think we really grasp the magnitude of just how awesome this is. If you are anything like me, when you hear about God parting the Red Sea, you think of the children’s church story that we all have heard, or maybe think of a the cute little picture that we all have seen of a river that looks pretty big, with a group of men chasing after them. If we really stop and look at the diminsions and just how huge the Red Sea is it might take on a whole new meaning. The Red Sea is roughly 1398 miles in length, and about 220.6 miles wide. Basically imagine something as long as the distance from Pleasanton to Los Angeles, and as wide as Pleasanton to Waco. That is how huge the Red Sea is. Now seeing where Egypt is I imagine that they probably went across the width, but still, could you imagine a sea being separated long enough for thousands of people to walk from here to Waco safely? That is insane! But it always is a huge reminder that when God says something he means it and he will do whatever is necessary to get it done. A few chapters earlier, God tells Moses to go to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to set his people free, and Moses starts making all of these excuses of why he can’t do it. God doesn’t care about his excuses, he says to do something, and Moses keeps questioning how is this going to happen, and what happens if this happens, and who should I say is sending me. God simply says I am. I am the one true God. I am the ruler over all. I am the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, and through me, all things are possible. God doesn’t care about our excuses, or what we think about what he tells us to do. In my opinion, if God is telling us to do something, we shouldn’t fret about how it’s going to get done, or how God is going to do. He wants to see if we will be obedient to trust him to get the work done that he wants. If God wants something to happen, he will open what needs to be opened and close what needs to be closed, even if it means closing the walls of the water down on the largest army in the world at the time. Think about that next time God is telling you to do something and you start questioning if it can really be done.