Well, if you have your Bibles with you, open them to Exodus chapter 14. Exodus chapter 14. as we now approach the Red Sea and arguably the most renowned miracle in the Bible aside from the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are very few things that are known by more people, recognized by more people than the parting of the Red Sea.
Um, this is probably due in large part to Ceselby Deill’s treatment in the Ten Commandments and the fact that uh early on in movie making history, people got to have a visual of this event unlike anything that they had experienced before in regard to biblical miracles being accomplished. But this ranks up there with with Noah’s flood in terms of the sheer spectacular nature of what happened.
But many Christians find the miracle accounts in the Bible inaccessible if not unrealistic. The thinking goes something like this. We don’t experience these types of miracles in our own lives. Therefore, we can’t relate. I I don’t see 40 days and 40 nights global flood in my life. So, I I I I can’t really relate.
I I don’t I don’t see um fire and brimstone coming down as in Sodom and Gomorrah. Therefore, I I can’t relate. I don’t I don’t see seas parting and therefore I can’t really relate. So, how can I apply something like this to my own experience? Several things are important to remember here.
First, not even the people in the Bible experienced miracles regularly. In fact, most of the people you read about in the Bible didn’t experience miracles in their lives. Secondly, the miracles in the Bible were spread out over thousands of years, which is why most of the people in biblical times never experienced miracles.
And three, the miracles in the Bible are about more than just their immediate impact. They each teach us something about God. These miracles that we see in the scriptures were purposeful. They happened for a reason. Not just to overcome whatever the immediate obstacle was, but in order to communicate something more significant and lasting than that.
For example, how many of us can relate to this story? Imagine someone telling this story and ask yourself if that someone could possibly be you. I became a Christian many years ago and God delivered me from a lifestyle of sin a and from a number of particular sins. However, as I walked away from my sin, it would sometimes come back.
