Exodus 13:17
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”
I found this verse so very interesting!
Obviously God knew that the Egyptians would be following them and that when the Israelites discovered that the Egyptians were hot on their heels, they would want to turn back. So God took them not the obvious way, which was wide open, but instead He literally put them between a rock and a hard place!
The path in which God took the Israelites ended at the Red Sea! So we know that on one side is a sea! Then behind them on the opposite side were the Egyptians who has had them in slavery for hundreds of years! So what about to their right and left…HUGE ROCK CLIFFS. There was no way for them to get out and it was all ON PURPOSE!!! There was only way to go…the logical answer right? The Red Sea. They were forced into the miracle! What a concept. They had no choice they had to go!
What about you? Has God done something similar. He does it all The time, we just may not see it. Be on the lookout for God’s blessings that look like trouble to start!
Then thank Him!
