King James Daily Bible Study: God Will Fight For You
Date: Saturday January 22, 2011
Chapters: Exodus 14-16
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Details of Today's Reading: The Egyptians go after the Israelites, God parts the Red Sea, the Israelites walk on dry land along the bottom of the Red Sea, the Egyptians go after the Israelites and drown, the Israelites sing, sweet water, God's promise, the Israelites constant complaining, and manna from heaven.

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The word fight is defined as a battle or combat, to uphold or maintain, a will to resist. As Christians we are in a constant fight, a battle to maintain the good character that God has created in us. Think about it, if it is not people it is possessions, if it is not possessions it is careers, if it is not careers it is money, we are in constant battle with something that the world has to offer to keep ourselves right with God. The Bible says, “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” - James 4:1-4. God has given us everything on this earth to enjoy, He will gladly give it to us if we just have faith, trust Him, and stop fighting Him over the things we think we need. We can have a career, a family, anything that our hearts desire, as long as we seek first the Kingdom of God and let God do the fighting for us. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” - Matthew 6:33.

The Israelites finally had their freedom, they were no longer held in slavery to the Egyptians. Right above them was a cloud, it followed them day and night, in it was none other than God Himself, He went where ever they went and protected them along their journey to the promised land. “And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:” - Exodus 13:21. Can you imagine looking up and knowing that God was right there in the cloud? I envy what the Israelites had, but I know I do not need a cloud because God is always watching over me and protecting me, He is just doing it from a larger view. You would think that the Israelites had more faith in Him than anyone, but the sad thing is that they did not. No sooner than they left they were complaining to Moses when God led them to the Red Sea.

“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea... But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth 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. 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. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. ” - Exodus 14:2,9-14.

Moses reminded them that God will fight for them. If God went through all the trouble to set the Israelites free wouldn't you think He would be able to save them from the Egyptians or anyone else that went after them? God was testing their faith. Oh, I am sure that there were a few in the bunch that believed, but the majority could not get passed the next miracle. The second things looked hard for them they were wishing they were back in Egypt. See the word salvation? Do you see the salvation of the Lord? If you have called in Jesus to save you than you should have no problem seeing it. “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” - Romans 10:13.

God miraculously parted the Red Sea and allowed the Israelites to walk right through a path, that was as dry as land. Do you think the Egyptians did not know that God was the one doing that? Of course they did. “And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.” - Exodus 14:23-27.

Even the Egyptians knew that God was fighting for them, they headed back for safety, but the waters gave up on them and they all drowned. Isn't amazing that unbelievers have more faith in God than we do? Well, perhaps it wasn't that they did not have faith, perhaps it was that they just wanted everything handed to them. The Bible says, “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?..Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” - James 2:14,18-20. Even Satan believes in God, but it is not enough to believe in Him that saves us. We must do the work, meaning unless you have prayed and asked Jesus to save you He is not going to save you. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” - Romans 10:9,10.

After the Israelites saw the Egyptians drown they rejoiced and began singing and praising God, but three days later they were complaining once more. The water they walked over to was bitter and undrinkable. God miraculously made sweetened the water. Later on God miraculously produced food for them to eat, for forty years manna came down from heaven and fed them. Each time God was putting them to the test. Why was God giving them one test after another? He explains through Moses. “... there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.” - Exodus 15:25b,26. He was proving them, establishing the genuineness of who He was. He was trying to get the Israelites to see that these things were not things that just anyone could do, but He and He alone could do. Why? To give Him the glory! “Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.” - Psalm 30:11,12.

God does not want to see us suffer, but the truth is that unless we face some suffering we tend to forget that He is right there above us, watching over us, and fighting for us. It is time that we all stop and think about all that God has given us and the miraculous things that He has done for us, not only through our suffering, but even when things are going well too. WE NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMMORROW JUST PUT YOUR FAITH IN GOD. “But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” - I Timothy 6:11,12.

Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the manna, “This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” - John 6:50,51.
Thanks and God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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