Go Forward!

The 14th chapter of Exodus begins with the Lord talking to Moses and giving him instructions to speak unto the children of Israel concerning the Egyptians and Pharaoh, the king of Egypt!  You can read this "message" in the first 12 verses of the chapter.  Then we read on ---

     Verse 13:  "And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will shew to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever."
     Verse 14:  "The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace."  I don't know what happened between verse 14 and verse 15, but verse 15 reads:  "And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto Me?  speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward."  Moses obeyed, and God gave them victory, until in verse 25, we read:  ". . .the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians."

So it seems from these challenging verses that the Lord does not want us to be satisfied with where we are right now in our spiritual journey -- He wants us to be scaling the utmost heights where we can catch a gleam of glory bright!  There are new challenges to accept -- new difficulties to overcome -- new victories to be won -- new doors to be entered -- new knowledge to be gained -- new doors that need to be entered and new souls all around us who need Jesus!

Let us not be like many people are when getting into the water -- let us never be satisfied with just sticking our toes in gradually, but let us plunge in and wade out deeper into the challenges that face us in these perilous times!
     "Onward, Christian soldiers!  Marching as to war,
             With the Cross of Jesus going on before."