TDH #12
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 14:13-14
(NIV)
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I’m paraphrasing this story I heard, but a man sends his son off to college thinking Moses parting the Red Sea and then drowning Pharaoh’s men behind him was a miracle. The son comes home from a theology course explaining how his professor said there’s a perfectly rational explanation for Moses crossing the sea during the right tide and wind conditions, when that part of the sea was only an inch or so deep. Dad says, “That’s a miracle!” Son says, “What do you mean? I just showed you a rational explanation.” Dad says, “No, it’s a miracle Pharaoh’s men drowned in only an inch of water!”
I got a chuckle out of that. I think it’s a humorous display of the debate between biblical stories being literal truth versus metaphorical fiction. I’m not a Christian, so I don’t have to defend the miracles in The Bible. That said, I can also push the disproving agenda aside in order to derive whatever meaning and lessons there are to be learned.
Although we may not have an Egyptian army chasing us toward an uncrossable body of water, sometimes we’re seemingly faced with a dead end where life is breathing down our necks. But with a little faith and patience, God, The Universe, Luck, or whatever you wanna call it, will open up a doorway for us that we hadn’t even seen.
The lesson here is not to despair and grumble when faced with these situations like the Israelites did, but to remain composed and strong like Moses, standing firm to see what life has in store. This reminds me of that quote Tony Robbins and others have used: “Life is happening for you, not to you.”
Remember: There are times when outcomes are not entirely in our control, but we must hold on to see what fate will unfold. Then, once you can outlast a fear, an adversary, or a challenge, you will never see it in the same way again.
Hold strong and say farewell to whatever your Egyptians are.
“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 14:13-14
(NIV)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I’m paraphrasing this story I heard, but a man sends his son off to college thinking Moses parting the Red Sea and then drowning Pharaoh’s men behind him was a miracle. The son comes home from a theology course explaining how his professor said there’s a perfectly rational explanation for Moses crossing the sea during the right tide and wind conditions, when that part of the sea was only an inch or so deep. Dad says, “That’s a miracle!” Son says, “What do you mean? I just showed you a rational explanation.” Dad says, “No, it’s a miracle Pharaoh’s men drowned in only an inch of water!”
I got a chuckle out of that. I think it’s a humorous display of the debate between biblical stories being literal truth versus metaphorical fiction. I’m not a Christian, so I don’t have to defend the miracles in The Bible. That said, I can also push the disproving agenda aside in order to derive whatever meaning and lessons there are to be learned.
Although we may not have an Egyptian army chasing us toward an uncrossable body of water, sometimes we’re seemingly faced with a dead end where life is breathing down our necks. But with a little faith and patience, God, The Universe, Luck, or whatever you wanna call it, will open up a doorway for us that we hadn’t even seen.
The lesson here is not to despair and grumble when faced with these situations like the Israelites did, but to remain composed and strong like Moses, standing firm to see what life has in store. This reminds me of that quote Tony Robbins and others have used: “Life is happening for you, not to you.”
Remember: There are times when outcomes are not entirely in our control, but we must hold on to see what fate will unfold. Then, once you can outlast a fear, an adversary, or a challenge, you will never see it in the same way again.
Hold strong and say farewell to whatever your Egyptians are.
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