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their oppressors. He chose this method to test their faith and strengthen
their trust in Him. If the people had held back when Moses bade them
advance, God would never have opened the path for them. It was “by
faith” that “they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land.”
Hebrews
11:29
. In marching down to the very water, they showed that they
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believed the word of God spoken by Moses. Then the Mighty One of
Israel divided the sea to make a path for their feet.
Often life is beset by dangers, and duty seems hard to perform.
Imagination pictures impending ruin. Yet the voice of God speaks
clearly, “Go forward.” We should obey this command, even though our
eyes cannot penetrate the darkness, and we feel the cold waves about
our feet. Those who defer obedience till every uncertainty disappears
and there remains no risk of failure or defeat will never obey at all; but
faith courageously urges an advance. The path where God leads may
lie through the desert or the sea, but it is a safe path.
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