The Red Sea was in front of them. Six hundred Egyptian chariots were closing in behind them. The people were panicking. And Moses gave the most unexpected instruction in crisis history: “Be still. The Lord will fight for you.” He could say that because of everything he had already seen. The God who fought then will fight now. Today’s devotional is for anyone in a situation that feels impossible and is exhausted from fighting in their own strength.
God didn’t just deliver the Israelites from Egypt. He built a ceremony so they would never forget. He told them: eat this meal every year, and when your children ask what it means — tell them. Tell them exactly what God did. Without intentional remembrance, the most extraordinary things God has done become background noise. Today’s devotional asks: do you have a Passover story? When did you last tell it?
Abraham died. The man God called His friend. The man who believed the impossible promise. He died. And the very next verse says: “God blessed his son Isaac.” The work carried on. God does not retire when His people do. He buries His workers — but He never buries His work. Today’s devotional is for anyone who has watched a season end and quietly wondered if God’s purposes ended with it. He is the I AM — and He is already in the next chapter.
Abram believed God — and then got impatient and made a mess. God went quiet for thirteen years. And I imagine Abram wondered: did I ruin it? Has God moved on? Then chapter 17 opens. God comes back — not with accusation, but with a reminder: “I am God Almighty.” And He adds a breath — the letter h — to Abram’s name, turning Abram into Abraham. The breath of God changes what had failed. Today’s devotional is for anyone who has made a mess of something and wondered if they’ve disqualified themselves from what God promised.