• Can we imagine walking across the bed of a sea where the water once flowed, where once the water flooded so deeply that swimming across or boating across were the only options?
• Can we picture within our mind walking across the dry bed of the sea, as the waters receded in “a heap” on both the left side and right side of our bodies?

I can scarcely imagine what that experience must have felt like, but it must have been mind-boggling & sensational & frightening—ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE EMOTION!

That is what the Bible proclaims; this is exactly what the children of Israel saw That Day when Moses led them across the dry bed of the Red Sea, and because the Bible proclaims the truth, we believe it!

Let us think about that statement:  Because the Bible proclaims the Truth—We believe it!

As I read the Word of God, I am humbled by this fact—God gave us His Infallible Holy Word as a guidepost, as an example, as a future hope, and as a way to intimately know Him.  On and On, we could go, giving all the reasons the Bible was written for us; nevertheless, if we only focus upon the four listed above, then we could live there (in those reasons) for the entirety of our lives.

• As a guidepost & As an example.
• As a future hope & As a way to intimately know Him.

Go with me into the Word & let us see examples how these four reasons are revealed within the book of Isaiah.

As a guidepost & As an example.

There is a place near the North Sea, a place where the tide rolls in and rolls out to sea.  When the tide rolls out, people can walk from the mainland to Texel, an island in North Holland of  The Netherlands.  This place exists; someone I dearly love has walked to this island numerous times.  Now, I believe it because I have seen her photos and because the Internet records such a place.

There is a place where we can find believable examples of the children of Israel walking across the dry land, across the dusty sand where the sea once raged.

In North Holland, there is a difference because this child I know walked across from the mainland of The Netherlands to the island, the bed of the sea was moist in her photos and not dusty dry as when the children of Israel walked through the two walls of water across the Red Sea.  Nonetheless, even though there is a difference, let us focus upon the fact that we can walk from here-to-there, across a bed of sand where a sea once flowed.  We could take a flight today across the ocean, land, strap on our sandals, and when the tide rolls out—we could walk across the sand, going from one side to the other side. One day soon, I will take this walk in The Netherlands with the Dutch girl I dearly love, and when I do, I believe I will see the tide roll out to sea, pulling the waters with it. I truly believe I will experience this walk much as the children of Israel felt—with my mind-boggled & with sensational amazement & even with a bit fright as I walk.

We read God’s Word & see how God provided them a “Guidepost” as Moses held up his staff over the waters.  This “Guidepost” & “Life-Marker” led them as they left a place of bondage and entered a New Land of freedom.  The Bible shows us how God controls the rivers, sends His scorching winds, divides the great Euphrates River into seven separate streams, and makes a way for people to walk across from shore to shore, coming to the bank of the other side—all while wearing dry sandals!

Almighty God did that miracle & Almighty God still does miracles!

What are we facing today, something from which we need God’s deliverance?

• Are we willing to strap on our sandals and take the first step where once the fear of the ragging water once flowed?
• Do we trust God?
• Are we encouraged by the “Guidepost” God sets before us as we take our first step, walking where we have never walked, focused with our eyes upon the other side, faithfully stepping until we reach the other shore?
• Are we reassured by the example He provides within His Holy Word?
• Are we looking at our fear, our anxiety, and our situation—OR—THROUGH THE EXAMPLE GOD’S WORD RECORDS, ARE WE LOOKING TOWARD OUR “GUIDEPOST” AS WE KEEP OUR EYES UPON GOD?!

Because the Bible proclaims the Truth—We believe it!

As a future hope & As a way to intimately know Him.

There is a decision every single person alive must make!

That’s right!

It is a decision of upmost importance, one that holds an eternal consequence!

• What will I do with Jesus?

A decision every single person alive must make!

That’s right!

It is a decision of upmost importance, one that holds an eternal consequence!

• What will I do with Jesus?

God’s Salvation provided to each of us through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus His Only Begotten Son!

• Jesus made us a “highway” as a way to cross from the darkness of sin to the light of God.
• Jesus’ shed blood upon the cross covers the multitude of humanity’s sins.
• Jesus’ resurrection to new life from the death of the grave makes the way for us to receive the newness of life through Him.

Just as the children of Israel proclaimed on that day they crossed the Red Sea, walking across the dusty seabed that was once covered with the raging waters, we also proclaim:

Because the Bible proclaims the Truth—We believe it!

Truly, I am humbled by this fact—God gave us His Infallible Holy Word as a guidepost, as an example, as a future hope, and as a way to intimately know Him.

So, today, let us do as the Bible leads us.