“Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory” ( Psalm 50:15).
Have you ever had your back against the wall! This can happen to any of us. Moses was one person who often had his back against the wall. Like the case when as he led the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea behind came roaring the furious armies of Pharaoh. That was certainly a scary moment.
Sometimes when your back is up against the wall, the only place to turn to is God. “During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt” (Egyptians 14: 24-25). Against all odds deliverance from above came!
After the rebellious Israelites had made an idol out of a calf, and the Lord burned with anger against them to the point of wanting to wipe them out, Moses, turned to the Lord and cried: But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever” ( Exodus 32:11-13). This ernest plea of Moses was not in vain. “Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened” ( vv 14).
There are often times when our back is up against the wall. Do not look elswhere but up to the Almighty God for deliverance.
Prayer today. Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven an earth, sometimes one finds himself standing between a rock and hard place, with nowhere to turn but look up to you for deliverance, and this I pray in Jesus’s name.
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27/04/2024 - 28/04/2024 All day“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God” (Psalm 42:1).
In the wildlife, a common feature is predatory animals chasing after less ferocious ones, which on a bad day become good dinner. Through the savannah plains of Africa the antelope tends to suffer that fate. After a long chase from a mighty lion, cheetah or leopard; antelopes that survive tend to retreat to a fresh water spot. There they gladly refresh their quench with streams of water.
King David, must have been more familiar with deer, as there are more common in the Northern Hemisphere. For us in the tropics we can substitute the deer with our antelope, commonly chased by predators. After a long chase, of course all pant for pints of water.
The significance of this metaphor is that whenever we encounter any situation that puts us on a chase, where do we run to! Habakuk 3:19 says, “The Lord God give my strength. He helps me run fast like deer. He leads me safely on the mountains” (Habakuk 3:19).
Two things of note here. The Lord can make us run as fast as the fastest antelope being chased by a predator to a well of safety. And of course, as we run, we have that the well of God to end up to and refresh ourselves! This is why David wrote, “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (Psalm 42:11).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today like the antelopes of the wildlife I run to you, to that well of life, which refreshes my soul, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
