Good morning. Continuing with the children of Israel: by faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned. I don't know if it was like in the movie the 10 Commandments with the water rising high on either side of them. If so, I don't know if I would've gone across. After all, who knows if it would've stayed that way and not come crashing down upon me. Notice they went across as on dry land. After centuries of the water being there, it would be very muddy and hard to walk upon. Exodus says that God made the wind blow across there all night long; so that is probably what dried it out. Then of course there was that problem of all those Egyptians and the chariots right behind them. That would be motivation enough to go forward. Sometimes it takes something like that to get us moving in the direction God wants us to go. And it was by faith that the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days. That whole thing was mind blowing. They weren't supposed to say a word. That would not happen today – somebody would've tweeted about it. "this is silly. How is this going to work? Joshua must've lost his mind. If only Moses were still alive." There would not have been any faith left – there would have been rebellion, even though they had just crossed the Red Sea through a miracle. Father thank You that we can trust Your instructions even when they don't make sense. Meet all of the reader’s needs. Help him/her to trust Your instructions even when they don't make sense.

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