I have to admit that I’m not big on watching the news. I know, that probably makes me an immature, irresponsible world citizen. Sorry. It bores and depresses me. However, this evening as I was going about my miscellaneous business at home, the CBS Evening News was on, and Katie Couric caught my attention with a Moses moment.
She announced that there is now research to support the fact that the Red Sea could have actually parted for the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. Brace yourself for shocking science…. the WIND did it. According to an article by the UCAR, a computer model shows the possibility that a 63 mph wind from the east could have pushed the waters back enough for folks to safely cross. Thank you science for supporting what Exodus has told us for thousands of years.
I’d just like to say this, though: have we completely missed the point? The point of the waters parting was not the grand escape or how it happened. Exodus 14:13-31 tells the story plainly and wondrously. And yes, the “wind” played a role.
“Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night THE LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided… And when the Israelites saw the great power THE LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.” - Exodus 14:21, 31 (NIV, emphasis mine)
The point dear earthlings, is THE LORD. It is He alone who calls forth the wind on our behalf. The point is not the wind, but the relationship we choose to pursue because of He who controls the wind. The Israelites chose holy fear and trust as a result of God’s display of provision and protection on their behalf. It just so happened to be in the form of a stiff breeze that time. What is your choice? Do you feel the wind in your face and trust it’s existence as your source of salvation? Or do you trust the Source of the wind to do what only He can do–save you by way of dry land?
Lord, forgive me for missing the point in more than one wind storm of life. Blow your mighty love my way today. Call forth your wind into this world and let all who feel you trust in you alone!
You can read the article from UCAR at https://www2.ucar.edu/news/parting-waters-computer-modeling-applies-physics-red-sea-escape-route.
She announced that there is now research to support the fact that the Red Sea could have actually parted for the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. Brace yourself for shocking science…. the WIND did it. According to an article by the UCAR, a computer model shows the possibility that a 63 mph wind from the east could have pushed the waters back enough for folks to safely cross. Thank you science for supporting what Exodus has told us for thousands of years.
I’d just like to say this, though: have we completely missed the point? The point of the waters parting was not the grand escape or how it happened. Exodus 14:13-31 tells the story plainly and wondrously. And yes, the “wind” played a role.
“Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night THE LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided… And when the Israelites saw the great power THE LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.” - Exodus 14:21, 31 (NIV, emphasis mine)
The point dear earthlings, is THE LORD. It is He alone who calls forth the wind on our behalf. The point is not the wind, but the relationship we choose to pursue because of He who controls the wind. The Israelites chose holy fear and trust as a result of God’s display of provision and protection on their behalf. It just so happened to be in the form of a stiff breeze that time. What is your choice? Do you feel the wind in your face and trust it’s existence as your source of salvation? Or do you trust the Source of the wind to do what only He can do–save you by way of dry land?
Lord, forgive me for missing the point in more than one wind storm of life. Blow your mighty love my way today. Call forth your wind into this world and let all who feel you trust in you alone!
You can read the article from UCAR at https://www2.ucar.edu/news/parting-waters-computer-modeling-applies-physics-red-sea-escape-route.
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