Exodus 13:9 (NASBStr)
And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
Throughout this chapter of Exodus and the next Moses, the writer, uses the phrase, "powerful hand" in reference to God's deliverance of the people from Egypt. Six times we read the phrase and, yet, the nation continued to doubt and question the ability of The Lord to care for them. God destroyed the entire Egyptian army to demonstrate His power and the very next breath the people would grumble they have no food to eat. The picture we have in these chapters is that God saves us and we should never again fear sin in our lives and worry about either our salvation or our sanctification. God is powerful enough to save us from sin and free us from the slavery to it AND He is powerful enough to keep us saved and give us victory over sin in our lives today. It is NOT a matter of effort. It is a matter of FAITH. We didn't get saved by works and we don't stay saved by works. We didn't get set from from sin by works and we won't overcome sin by works. The people of Israel would constantly fall into a "whoa is me" attitude because they continually would fail to see God's mighty hand at work in their lives. They kept looking to self and kept look at the Red Sea as simply a body of water and not a mechanism for a miracle. God is powerful. It is our faith that is weak. God is powerful. It is our eyes focused on the army of Egypt or the hunger in our belly, or the thirst in our mouth. We don't see in front of us the opportunity for God to once again show us His power. Each issue we have in life, even overcoming sin, is a change for God to once again show us His power. Don't doubt His ability to save you from sin and keep you from sin.
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