Promised Land: crisis to glory!
When God brought His people out of the wilderness into the land that He promised them, they were in crisis. Pharaoah's army behind them, the Red Sea in front of them - they were trapped! They were trapped in the natural , that is. They were stuck between a proverbial rock and a hard place with no way out. Enter God. Ever feel stuck? Do you want escape from a situation from which there simply is no escape? Why did God allow this mess to happen to the Jews? He led them right into it! He could have confused the troops and sent them off course, but He didn't. He could have led the Jews another way out of the desert that didn't bring them to the Red Sea, but He didn't. God had a bigger and better way to reveal Himself to them. He wanted to show them just how much He could do for them. He defied the forces of nature because He controls all nature! God parted the Red Sea for them to cross through into the Promised Land. That was an act of God! Stuck? God says