“THE MORNING!”

 

Exodus 14:24-29                     (ESV)

“[24] And in “THE MORNING” watch THE LORD in THE PILLAR OF FIRE and OF CLOUD looked down on the Egyptian forces and THREW THE EGYPTIANS INTO A PANIC, [25] clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “LET US FLEE FROM BEFORE ISRAEL, for THE LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

[26] Then THE LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that THE WATER MAY COME BACK UPON THE EGYPTIANS, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” [27] So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when “THE MORNING” appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, THE LORD THREW the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. [28] The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained. [29] But THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WALKED ON DRY GROUND THROUGH THE SEA, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.”

There are probably more writings on the fourteenth chapter of Exodus from this humble servant than of any other Scripture.  YAHWEH was delivering HIS CHOSEN people, HIS ELECT, from “the enemy” who was currently occupying the army of the Egyptians.  After 430 years (Exodus 12:40) of captivity, GOD delivered the Children of Israel WITHOUT them raising a finger in defiance!  GOD ALMIGHTY used The Passover to cause fear overcome “the enemy” and release HIS CHOSEN for the PROMISED LAND, not because of their great faithfulness and obedience, but because they were HIS CHOSEN!

“"The Morning Watch is the fourth watch. This watch waits for the dawning of the new day. The morning watch is described as beginning at 3:00 AM and ending at 6:00 AM” according to one commentary.  One thing that might be overlooked when reading the above sentences is “this watch WAITS” for the dawning of the NEW DAY!  The Israelites had been encamped at the Red Sea for several days.  This illiterate servant would have been chomping at the bit to “move forward” with GOD’s PLAN.  But we KNOW that HIS PLAN called for the Red Sea experience to come to fruition, and that meant EVERYTHING had to be IN PLACE!  WAITING was not an option!  For the Israelites to experience “the dawning of the new day”, they HAD TO EXPERIENCE the Red Sea!  

The Red Sea shouldn’t have been a bad experience for the nation of Israel.  Regardless, they STILL needed to SEE WHO was/is in control.  HE controls the waters of the sea, the wind that parted the waters, the enemy chasing the Israelites, GOD even allowed BREATH to fill their lungs to experience GODS DELIVERANCE from “the enemy”!  “But THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WALKED ON DRY GROUND THROUGH THE SEA, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left” is recorded in Exodus 14:29.  Although their journey was FEARFUL, the Children of Israel WALKED ON DRY GROUND THROUGH THE SEA, to the GLORY of GOD!!!

ALMIGHTY GOD isn’t limited by what WE THINK are HIS options!  The CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES doesn’t have the limitations of what HE CREATED to work around!  HE wants me to be aware that whenever HE sends DELIVERANCE for “THE MORNING”, HIS CHOSEN WILL be DELIVERED!  “THE MORNING” will undoubtedly be different than what is expected, for HE has NO BOUNDARIES to limit HIM!  Night and darkness always precedes the dawning of “THE MORNING“, but when GOD sends “THE MORNING”, people will SEE that it came from HIM, WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!