Behold His Mighty Hand!

When Moses delivered the Hebrews out of Egypt, they ended up at the edge of the Sea with their way blocked to the right and the left by the terrain and Pharoah behind them. There was no where to go. The people, out of fear, immediately began to complain that Moses had led them into the desert “because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?”

I particularly like DeMille’s interpretation of what happens next even though it isn’t quite accurate.

Moses holds his hands up and says, “Behold His mighty hand!” And the sea parts.

Actually, Moses wasn’t quite so brave inside as he spoke to the people to not fear. The Bible says that God spoke to him and asked, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.“ Moses was shaking in his boots as he put on that brave face. God heard his need even without him saying anything. And of course, God acted and turned the biggest potential disaster in Moses’ life into such a powerful demonstration of Gods saving power that it endures unto today!

We hear not one word of Moses’ praying, and yet here the Lord asks him why he cries unto him? From which we may learn that the heart of Moses was deeply engaged with God, though it is probable he did not articulate one word; but the language of sighs, tears, and desires is equally intelligible to God with that of words. This consideration should be a strong encouragement to every feeble, discouraged mind: Thou canst not pray, but thou canst weep; if even tears are denied thee, (for there may be deep and genuine repentance, where the distress is so great as to stop up those channels of relief), then thou canst sigh; and God, whose Spirit has thus convinced thee of sin, righteousness, and judgment, knows thy unutterable groanings, and reads the inexpressible wish of thy burdened soul, a wish of which himself is the author, and which he has breathed into thy heart with the purpose to satisfy it. 

Adam Clarke

There is always hope in God. And often times, the worst situation may be there just to demonstrate the goodness of God. Remember when Lazarus died and Jesus did not arrive in time to help him? Do you recall what Jesus said when asked about this?

“But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.””  

John 11:4 (NASB)

Gods primary intent was to glorify the Lord by not just healing Lazarus but by raising him from the dead. In the end, the Lord was glorified, the people were astounded and Lazarus was alive and well.

Trust that God has things under control and only wants the best for you. There is always hope in God.