You Will Never See Your Enemies

On the brink of what could be the greatest deliverance or a national disaster, Moses commanded the Israelites on the shore of the Red Sea. He said, "Fear ye not, stand still , and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever." (Exodus 14:13, KJV).

God brought the Israelites to a place of impossibility. For the Egyptian army it was a place of opportunity to strike against a people whose God destroyed their land and first born. Only now what separated them was the pillar of fire at night and a cloudy pillar in the day.

When the waters parted, Israel hurried down the bank and passed through the walls of cold sea water towering high above them. Then the cloud moved away to make way for the enemy to run after Israel. The Lord was baiting them to their destruction. How many times have we spent rebuking the Devil when all along it's God's design to lead our enemies to destruction.

There are times like David when we run toward the enemy armed with a promise that God will defeat our foe. Other times God will set up an ambush. To the devil we are retreating from his threats. We read, "For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in." (verse 23)

What an utter fool is our enemy! God will always defend His children. He will never let the Devil destroy His children. For you see beloved God's desire is to gain the greater glory. He gains the glory when we trust him in difficult places. And He gains the greater glory when He throws hell in confusion by pouring out mercy to rescue us.

So if you feel the Devil is at your heels, breathing down your neck and whispering lies in your ears - keep walking toward your Red Sea, the waters will part. As you pass through the waters to your deliverance remember the words of Hannah, "The Lord has filled my heart with joy; I feel very strong in the Lord. I can laugh at my enemies; I am glad because you have helped me!" (I Samuel 2:1, NCV).