「你吩咐以色列人往前行。」-出埃及記14:15神的兒女們,試著想像一下以色列人當年遊行的隊伍吧!
想像一下隊伍中的孩子們因著奇妙的神蹟手舞足蹈,逼得父母連連噓聲斥嚇;婦女們無法抑制心中的狂喜,不敢相信竟然這樣就脫離了生不如死的命運;男人們為著自己先前對神的小信,對摩西的抱怨,正在羞赧困惑。
因著一人無比的信心,永生神就樂意伸出全能的手,築起高聳入雲的水牆,這說出神實在看顧一切屬祂的人。
若你決意要順服神,就不必理會那些向你張牙舞爪、阻止你前進的驚風駭浪,因為「洪水氾濫之時,耶和華坐在寶座上;耶和華坐著為王,直到永遠。」(詩篇29:10)
風浪是神肩披的外袍,是祂再臨的預兆,是祂同在的印證。
放膽的信靠祂,放膽的跟隨祂!
當你無所懼怕時,那些之前阻攔過你向前的,威脅過你生命的,都已在神的吩咐之下,成為一條蒙拯救的康莊大道。
-邁爾
"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward" (Exod. 14:15).Imagine, O child of God, if you can, that triumphal march! The excited children restrained from ejaculations of wonder by the perpetual hush of their parents; the most uncontrollable excitement of the women as they found themselves suddenly saved from a fate worse than death; while the men followed or accompanied them ashamed or confounded that they had ever mistrusted God or murmured against Moses; and as you see those mighty walls of water piled by the outstretched hand of the Eternal, in response to the faith of a single man, learn what God will do for His own.
Dread not any result of implicit obedience to His command; fear not the angry waters which, in their proud insolence, forbid your progress. Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, "the Lord sitteth King for ever."
A storm is only as the outskirts of His robe, the symptom of His advent, the environment of His presence.
Dare to trust Him; dare to follow Him! And discover that the very forces which barred your progress and threatened your life, at His bidding become the materials of which an avenue is made to liberty. --F. B. Meyer