Look at the Psalm for today from our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan! Psalm 114:
Psalm 114
1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became [God’s] sanctuary (the Holy Place of His habitation), and Israel His dominion.
3 The [Red] Sea looked and fled; the Jordan [River] was turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 What ails you, O [Red] Sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 You mountains, that you skip like rams, and you little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
When the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible brought Israel out of Egypt, the whole area around them KNEW that their God WAS God! There was no doubt in their minds that the God of Israel was stronger and more powerful than any other so-called gods! Look at Joshua 2:8-11:
8 Before the two men had lain down, Rahab came up to them on the roof, 9 And she said to the men, I know that the Lord has given you the land and that your terror is fallen upon us and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the [east] side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 When we heard it, our hearts melted, neither did spirit or courage remain any more in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
Knowing this, why in the world did Israel ever doubt their God, and EVER turn from Him? Have you ever puzzled over that? Well how about THIS puzzle! God the Son became the Son of God (Jesus), leaving His glory in Heaven. He was born as a baby, being 100% human and 100% God, though He ONLY operated as a man while on the earth. A SINLESS man, but still a man, just like us! The Word says that He was tempted by everything that WE are tempted with, yet He never sinned (Hebrews 4:15)! He was PERFECT! That made Him the perfect bridge between man and God! He was MADE sin at His crucifixion, with OUR sin, and sick with OUR sickness, weakness and infirmity, so that He could bear it ALL, and carry it away from us! HALLELUJAH! So, how in the world does ANYONE refuse to receive Him as Lord and personal Savior? After 2000 years, He is still saving, healing, and delivering "whosoever will", and yet some won't! It is a mystery to me, other than that the Word of God says that their minds have been blinded by the god of this world system! 2 Corinthians 4:4:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
So let's continue to pray that the Spirit of God will cause them to SEE their need for the Savior! Continue to pray for the Lord of the Harvest to send laborers across their path, and then ready YOURSELF to go if He chooses to send YOU! AMEN! Here is a new song that speaks of the wonder of His awesome love and provision for us that "while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)! Hillsong United with "Prince of Peace":
Shalom in Him!
