God Uses Conflict
I am not a big fan of conflict. I don't know many people that are. Yet, one thing I learned in my communication classes in college is that in any human relationship or interaction, conflict is inevitable and unavoidable. In fact, I teach in my marriage counseling that conflict, and how we handle it, can even strengthen our marriages. Conflict is not always a bad thing. Through conflict, we see new points of view. We grow as we weather the storm. We even strengthen our resolve. And, at time, God brings conflict into your life in order to move you from where you are to where he wants you to be. That's what happened with the Israelites. In Exodus 14, we see that God moves to the Jewish people to the once place that means an unavoidable conflict with Egypt. Surrounded by the Egyptian army, an impassible terrain and the Red Sea, Israel is forced into a confrontation with the Egyptian army. They have no where to run and ultimately must liste...