… to the right and the left you will BURST OUT … waters will BURST FORTH in the wilderness, and streams in the desert … (Isaiah 54:3a; 35:6) Last week, we examined the Red Sea “STRETCH” and its connection to the fifty-fourth book of Isaiah. Always fascinated by the various nuances words convey, I was delighted to learn about …
After the instruction to raise God’s rod of authority at the cusp of the Red Sea, the directive given to Moses was ” … stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water …” This suggests to me that in this journey of life, we will often need …
I seem to find God in the most unexpected places, both in the world and in His Word. I encountered and fell in love with the Father amid all the woes, deviations, admonitions, and restorations of the book of Isaiah, and Jesus the Son in the Gospels and the behind-the-scenes …
Last week, we discussed God’s fascinating directive at a very critical juncture of His people’s lives. Almost in the same breath, He issued another intriguing instruction: “Lift …!” or, in some versions, “Raise …!“ What was Moses supposed to raise? The simple, unobtrusive stick in his hand. In the second …
God’s solution to Israel’s conundrum of being completely trapped by an obstructing body of water ahead, surrounding mountains on either side, and pursuing enemies from behind was interesting – “Go Forward!“ It was not a suggestion, piece of advice, or word of comfort or assuasion. It was a stern and …