Oh, the power involved!

In what the Psalmist covers in just two short verses.

“Marvellous things did He (the Lord) in the sight of their (the Jews) fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the (Red) sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as an heap.” Psalm 78:12-13

We call this the “Exodus,” don’t we?

And here’s how Moses earlier recorded the event. God is talking: “But lift thou (Moses) up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the (Red) sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.” Exodus 14:16

Then: “And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.” Exodus 14:21-22

The descriptions here all agree …

Even with the Psalmist writing at least 500 years after the miracle occurred.

But what’s Asaph’s purpose in relating this sequence?

TO HELP ISRAEL REMEMBER GOD’S MIGHTY ACTS IN HER MIDST!

To rehearse His history with His people!

To help Israel, as the old song says, “COUNT HER BLESSINGS!”

Need I say more?

Today we (you and me) must do the same.

No, I have never had an ocean split in front of me, as I fled an enemy.

But I have been SAVED BY GRACE!

Delivered from Hell.

Prepared for Heaven.

Did you ever think?

All it took for God to deliver Israel was a strong wind.

What it took to get me saved … was the painful, tortuous Death (six hours of untold suffering) of Jesus Christ (God’s Son) on the Cross!

Now … who should be more thankful?

Wow.

— Dr. Mike Bagwell