exodus 14

 Exodus 14: 11-12: 
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? "Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness." 

Instead of crying for help, they develop a pattern of response and attack God's character. If God wanted them to die He could have done that in Egypt. Why lead them out there to destroy them? The human mind has this amazing ability to forget what we are meant to remember and remember what we are meant to forget. The Israelites were no exception.  It took one night for God to take Israel out of Egypt, but it took forty years to take Egypt out of Israel

​13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Exodus 14:14:
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” 

​One of the worst things that we tend to do is to not stand still. We will fret worry, or strike back in some defensive way. The reaction we often do is not helpful to us in the long run.

Moses prefaced this comment with: 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. (vs 13). The Lord will deliver, but it was the Lord who brought them to this spot in the first place. God will often take us to places that have no escape, except He show the way. Be still and let the Lord do His work. Deliverance and salvation require it.

Exodus 14:15:
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.

God did not alter His original command. He never said go to the sea and wait. He said move on. The sea was not in God's way.

Exodus 14: 19-20:
  Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.

​The cloud both veiled and revealed the glory of God. To those who would look to God for leadership and guidance, tho those who would trust in the heavenly Father, the pillar was a light. To those who refused to recognize God, the pillar was a cloud engulfing in darkness. So Christ is the light of the world to those who will believe and trust Him and the preaching of Christ becomes foolish to those who will not believe.

Exodus 14:24:
"The Lord looked down upon the army and the oncoming Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians" 

​This is what God does for His people. David expresses it beautifully, and accurately, in the immortal words of Psalm 121. The protecting love of God is fierce and tender, rugged and gentle. Blessed are they who put their trust in Him.

Exodus 14:25:
He made the wheels of their chariots come off  so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, "Let's get away from the Israelites! The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt."

​The power of your life may reach far more than you realize. In this scenario, the Egyptians must have had some sort of conscious recognition of who God was, possibly through living with them as masters all these years. So, when things started happening, they realized His power may very well be real. But, nonetheless, they knew where it was coming from. Before they died, they were giving God the glory, as God said they would.