40 Days with Moses 2025 Year of Exposure Day 21: The trouble you are facing may not be meant to destroy you, but to teach you about God’s power!

Day 21: The trouble you are facing may not be meant to destroy you, but to teach you about God’s power!

“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. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 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. Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and His servant Moses.”

Exodus 14:21-23, 26-28, 31 NKJV

The Lord recently brought a well-known Bible story to my mind and revealed in it something I had overlooked. But first, the story:

Jesus had just finished feeding a multitude with the humble lunch of a little boy. Blessed and broken in Jesus’ hands, five loaves and two fish proved to be enough to feed over 5000 men (not counting women and children).

Immediately after the multitude was fed, the Lord sent the disciples on to cross over the sea while He stayed to go up on a mountain and pray.

By the time Jesus finished praying, the disciples were already in the middle of the sea, now facing an awful storm and a contrary wind.

As the disciples were being tossed to and fro, Jesus walks out on the water towards them. Seeing Him, they think He is a ghost and become very afraid. Jesus then calls out to them, telling them not to be alarmed.

Now, when Peter hears the Lord, he does something none of the other disciples did:

“And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.”

Matthew 14:28-29 NKJV

Going further in the story we find that—as Peter became distracted by the turbulence of the storm—he began to sink. But Jesus immediately lifted him up.

When Jesus and Peter got into the boat, the storm ceased.

What the Spirit spoke to me concerning the story was that we must take note that the Lord did not choose a day to line the disciples up on the seashore to give them walking-on-the-water lessons. Rather, He allowed a storm to be the context in which He would show them what He could do, giving them the opportunity to follow suit.

Also, take note of the fact that the storm immediately ceased when they got in the boat.

Think of it, although all the disciples were there, only one, Peter, walked on the water that night. Why? Because Peter saw His Lord in the storm and stepped out of what he could have clung to for safety.

Nobody wants adversity; to say otherwise would be disingenuous. But what if the only way we can come to understand the power of God, and by extension, what that means for us, is to see His power up close and personal even in the midst of a storm? Wouldn’t we then welcome the storm, knowing the outcome?

Of course, before we have gone through something, we cannot with certainty predict a glorious outcome. But what we can know is that if our lives are truly submitted to the Lord—even if we find ourselves in the midst of a storm—we should look for Him, knowing that He Who is faithful and true, is there.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.”

Isaiah 43:2 NKJV

Yes, we can boldly make the confident declaration of the writer of Hebrews:

“For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?””

Hebrews 13:5b-6 NKJV

Today we find Moses facing the Red Sea. Now, this predicament was no accident (as we have discussed earlier in our time with Moses). The Lord actually sent them on this particular path. But now—when all hope seems lost—the Lord commands Moses to use his rod to command the waters to part, and they do.

Then, when it seemed that the Egyptians were going to be able to use this miraculous path through the water to be able to apprehend them, the Lord has Moses extend his rod again to return the water to its place.

Unimaginably, as the walls of water collapsed back into place, the whole mighty army of Egypt was destroyed in one fell swoop.

You see, on that night, the Red Sea was not meant to be how the people would be destroyed. Yes, it was meant to bring destruction, but that on the enemies of the people of God.

For today let us discover what Moses discovered:

The trouble you are facing may not be meant to destroy you, but to teach you about God’s power!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!