I have read the story of the Exodus dozens of times. I have seen the movie with Charlton Hesston. It influenced my mind’s eye of how the parting of the Red Sea happened . . .until I noticed two small words in this passage from Exodus—”all night”.
Exodus 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (emphasis mine.)
In the movie, Moses raises his hand and, swoosh, the sea parts just like that. In the Bible, it says it took all night long.
All night the crowd of
refugees stood trapped between a sea they could not cross and the Egyptian army drawing closer to enslave them again.
All night long Moses kept the faith and waited for the wind to do God’s bidding.
I thought, how often do I see the end results of good things and “miracles” in other’s lives and never see the “all night longs” which proceeded them, such as dark times of patiently waiting for God to act while danger drew nearer, the paths seemed blocked or the situation appeared hopeless?
How often is God preparing miracles in the background of my life which have not yet come to fruition because the timing is not right? How many “all night longs” are taking place in my life right now? How many prayers prayed are in the process of being answered, which I cannot yet see?
Oh me of little faith. Those two little words tucked into a Bible story I have heard all my life convicted me and brought me humbly to my knees.
Where will you find God’s message today?
Where Did You Find God Today? 
Thank you for sharing. I needed to hear this today and it really ministered to me.
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you bet Lori- thank you for telling me so. That ministered to me! God is good.
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