January 25
Escape. Deliverance. Every good adventure movie is replete with these concepts. They are straight from the Bible. Pharaoh is in hot pursuit of the Israelites. His chariots will grind them into the desert sand! But the Red Sea opens before the children of Israel to allow their escape then swallows Pharaoh’s army!
Talk about a nail-biter! It doesn’t get more intense than that. Unless it’s perhaps the Israelite Army marching around the walls of Jericho and having them ‘come tumbling down’ when the musicians emit a mighty shout. God’s infinite imagination brings victory in very non-traditional ways!
If we read the Word only to discover the infinite variety of the strategies He has employed in the behalf of His people, we would be awed. But He wants more than that for us. He wants us to be encouraged to hope for our own deliverance. And the one thing that ignites the fire of our faith more than any other is the instance where there was no escape.
In Matthew 26:39, “Jesus fell down on His face and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me, yet, not My will but Thine be done.’” God did not allow Christ’s escape because He used His death to facilitate our escape from hell! The Lord of Creation suffered death and the grave in order that grasshoppers like us (Isaiah 40:22) might reign with Him in heaven!
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