Scripture Reading: Exodus 14: 15-31
Focus Verse: Exodus 14:29 “The people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the waters stood up like a wall on both sides.”
This past week I heard a story about a famous painting. The painting is called “checkmate”. It’s a picture of the devil playing a game of chess with a young man. The devil is pictured as looking very confident in himself, and the young man is looking very discouraged. The devil has called “checkmate” meaning that the young man’s king will be captured on the next move and the young man will loose the game. This is why he is feeling defeated.
The world’s greatest chess player was looking at this painting in a museum one day. He was looking very carefully at how the pieces were placed on the board. And he discovered that the young man has one move left, with the KING, and he could actually win the game and beat the devil.
Have you ever felt like this young man in the painting? You felt like the devil has defeated you? The children of Israel felt like this. They were up against the Red Sea. They were trapped and had no way out and were going to be killed by Pharaoh’s army. God had a plan and moved to make a way for them!
God will always have the last move. God will not be defeated by the devil. The children of Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. And God will always have the last move in your life as well. You may feel defeated and discouraged but God has the last move in your life. God will make a way, when there seems to be no way!
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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