10th November 2026

No More Forever

(Pt 4. Mini Series on the Red Sea)

"You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea."

Micah 7:19

Reading: Exodus 14:23-28.

Israel were not the only ones on that seabed. Pharaoh's army went in after them — the same sea, the same path, the same walls of water. But their end was not the same. "Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained" (v 28).

Hebrews tells us where the difference lay: "By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned" (Hebrews 11:29). Attempting to do the same thing. From the outside it looked identical, step for step — but Israel went in trusting God, and Egypt went in trusting its own horses and chariots. There are two ways to go into that sea, and only one of them comes out.

To those who trust Him, God makes a promise He makes to no one else. The Egyptians they saw that day they would "see again no more forever" (Exodus 14:13) — and Micah tells us God does the same with their sins, casting them into the depths where the chariots lie. He does not negotiate with the old master, or reform him. He drowns him. "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1).

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, thank You that for those who are in Christ there is no condemnation left. Let me be found trusting Him, and never myself. In His precious name. Amen. 

9th November 2026

Baptised Into Moses

(Pt 3. Mini Series on the Red Sea)

"All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea."

1 Corinthians 10:2

Reading: Exodus 14:10-14. 

Centuries after the Red Sea, the apostle Paul looked back at that crossing and chose a surprising word for it. "Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea" (v 1-2).

Baptised into Moses. In going through those waters the people were bound to their leader — joined to the man God had appointed to bring them out. They passed through in him. Where he led, they lived.

Scripture is setting up its own signpost here, pointing from that seabed to the Lord Jesus Christ. What Moses was in picture, Christ is in reality. So when God tells us to see His salvation, He is not pointing us to a technique, a ritual, or a programme of self-improvement. Every one of those is a closed sea. The salvation of the LORD is a Person — and the question that finally matters is whether we are joined to Him.

For those who are, this is deeply steadying. Our standing before God does not rest on how well we crossed, or how steadily we walked, or how little we trembled between those walls of water. It rests on the One we are in.

Prayer:  Lord Jesus, salvation is not a method but a Person, and that Person is You. Join me to Yourself, and keep me resting in what You are. In Jesus' name. Amen. 

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.