The last devotion was about letting your faith show. We do this because we have reason to rejoice in our lives. Our God has provided us with the victory over sin, death and the devil through the life and death and resurrection of Jesus. This the same one who provided a dramatic rescue for His people long before Jesus was born as one of us.

Exodus 15:1-11 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea. The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone. “Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy. In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble. By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood firm like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea. “The enemy boasted, `I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’ But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. “Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you– majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

As Moses and the children of Israel were coming out of Egypt, the army of Pharaoh was in hot pursuit, trying to overtake and defeat them. They found themselves as the Red Sea, trapped, with no way out. They complained about what they saw as certain death. Why had God brought them out into the desert to die? This was pretty risky, complaining, considering Israel was powerless to escape without God’s help. But then God acts. In the Exodus, he caused the waters of the Red Sea to part. The people did not do anything that caused God to save them. He did it because of His promise to be their God. He showed Himself to be their Savior by snatching them out of the hand of the enemy. He is a warrior who fights for His people. His victory over Pharaoh was total and complete. They had reason to rejoice. Their rejoicing in response to God’s rescue.

I hope you see the point of comparison to our lives. We have enemies after us: sin, death and the devil are chasing us down, nipping at our heels. We find ourselves in a tight spot, no way out. We have questioned God’s wisdom and His ability to save us. Does He know what He is doing? But God staged a similar rescue for us. This does not come because of anything we have done, but from God’s promise. It comes through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He has snatched us out of the hands of our enemies by leading us to faith in Jesus as our Savior. Just as the open waters of the Red Sea spelled deliverance for the Israelites, the open tomb is the picture of our deliverance. He fought the fight and won for us. He has delivered us from certain death and gives us life instead. We, too, have reason to rejoice.