8th November 2026

Through, Not Round

(Pt 2. Mini Series on the Red Sea)

""When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you."

Isaiah 43:2

Reading: Exodus 14:19-22. 

God's answer came in the night. "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided" (v 21). Walls of water stood to the right and to the left, and between them lay dry ground.

Notice the direction God chose. He did not carry His people over the sea, nor lead them around it by a safer road. His way out of slavery went straight through the very thing that meant death for them. That is how God saves, then and now. At the cross the judgement we deserved did not part for the Lord Jesus; it closed over His head, and on the third day He came up on the far side alive. The way through is a way He has already walked.

And how did Israel go in? "By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land" (Hebrews 11:29). Not by courage — they were terrified. Not by strength — they were slaves. They went in trusting the God who had opened the way and told them to walk.

The way stands open still, and so does the promise to everyone who takes it: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you." We are not asked to be brave. We are asked to trust Him, and to walk.

Prayer: Father, You have opened a way through what I could never cross. Give me faith to walk it, trusting the Saviour who went through first. Amen.

7th November 2026

Stand Still and See

(Pt 1. Mini Series on the Red Sea)

"Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,

which He will accomplish for you today."

Exodus 14:13

Reading: Exodus 14:10-14. 

Days out of Egypt, Israel found themselves cornered. In front lay the Red Sea; behind came Pharaoh's army. "So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD" (v 10) — and then they turned on Moses: "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?" (v 11). Trapped people say bitter things. God did not answer their bitterness. He answered their trap.

Then Moses gave an order that must have sounded impossible. Not "fight" — they had no weapons. Not "run" — there was nowhere to run. "Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD" (v 13). Their part was not to achieve the rescue but to watch it, and to receive it.

That is still God's word to the cornered. Whatever hems you in — your circumstances, the memory of your sins, a guilt you cannot argue away — the instinct is to do something, anything, to save yourself. But no effort of ours parts that sea. The salvation is God's, and it is a Person: the Lord Jesus Christ, who died and rose again to bring sinners out. Stop trusting your own strength, and look away from yourself to Him; And notice the last word of the promise: "which He will accomplish for you today." Not someday. It has a "today."

Prayer:  Lord, I cannot save myself. Turn my eyes from my own efforts to Your Son, and let today be the day I trust Him. Amen. 

6th November 2026

Light and Darkness

"Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!

They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance." 

Psalm 89:15

Reading: 1 John 1:1-5.

It is true to say, that we all know days of sorrow, worry and darkness. As we travel through the valley of shadows, where can we find our source of light? The apostle John declares that “God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). And in John 8:12, Jesus proclaimed: “I Am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

As believers in the Lord Jesus, we “walk in the light of (His) countenance” (Psalm 89:15). Our God has promised to be with us and to be our source of light, even when we travel through the darkest of shadows.

Prayer: Loving God, I trust You to be my strength, my provision and my joy throughout my life. In Jesus name. Amen.