Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Exodus 14:30 – Try to place yourself in the spot of one of the Israelites this day. All you’ve known your entire life is harsh slavery. You’ve seen firsthand the ten plagues God brought against your oppressors. You’ve been set free by the Lord, yet your march of freedom was cut short due to your captures chasing after you again. When all hope seemed lost, God does the unimaginable and parts the Red Sea for you to escape through. While your captures followed into the dry seabed, the Lord once and for all took care of those who were after you by closing the divided waters on them. Now, on the other side of the shore of the Red Sea, you stand there seeing the very slave master who was so cruel to you wash up on the shore dead. While a graphic image to imagine, what this picture would have meant for the Israelites was that their time of slavery was done. There captures were gone and the legacy of slavery that was all they had for generations was ended that day. Seeing those bodies on the shore would have been for them the same way we may see Jesus’ empty tomb. The slave master of our life, sin and death, that once held us captive is now gone and no more has authority over our life. We can look at the empty tomb as proof that God took care of our enemy and has set us free. As the Israelites were this day, you are today in Christ…free. Death has been defeated, sin has been forgiven, and freedom has been given to you all because of Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3158
Question To Ponder: What can you look to that reminds you of the freedom Jesus has won for you?
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