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Text: Exodus 14: 10-12

MEDITATION

Exodus 14:10-12

10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.
11 Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
12 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. A fearful moment

a. The Pharaoh and his army of chariots drew nearer.

b. The children of Israel could see them approaching.

2. When fear takes over

a. The children of Israel were described as “very afraid”.

b. They could recall the many fearful moments in Egypt.

i. The beatings from the taskmasters.

ii. The sense of helpless and hopelessness.

c. Crying out to the LORD

i. The children of Israel cried out to God in great fear.

ii. But what if there is prayer without faith in God?

3. Fear turns to anger

a. The children of Israel became angry with Moses.

b. They spoke to him rudely and sarcastically:

i. Why did Moses take them out of Egypt?

ii. Was it because there were no graves in Egypt (sarcasm)?

iii. Why had Moses led them to face this hopeless situation?

c. They remembered how they spoke to Moses on one occasion.

i. They had asked Moses to leave them alone (Exodus 5:21).

ii. Facing this present crisis, they lacked faith in God.

d. Dark thoughts of despair:

i. They thought that they would surely die in the wilderness.

ii. They expressed regret that they had left Egypt with Moses.

iii. They felt that they would have been better off in Egypt.

iv. They may be slaves but at least they were alive.

e. Without a strong faith in God they did not have any hope at all.

经文：出埃及记 14：10-12

沉思

《出埃及记 14：10-12》
10 法老临近的时候，以色列人举目看见埃及人赶来，就甚惧怕，向耶和华哀求。
11 他们对摩西说：“难道在埃及没有坟地，你把我们带来死在旷野吗？你为什么这样待我们，将我们从埃及领出来呢？

12 我们在埃及岂没有对你说过，不要搅扰我们，容我们服侍埃及人吗？因为服侍埃及人比死在旷野还好。”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 令人惧怕的时刻

a. 法老和他的车辆及军队越逼越近

b. 以色列人可以看见他们赶来

2. 当恐惧时

a. 以色列人被描述为“甚惧怕”

b. 他们可以回忆起在埃及地的许多可怕时刻

i. 督工的殴打

ii. 无助和绝望的感觉

c. 向上帝哀求

i. 以色列人在惧怕里向上帝哀求

ii. 但是，如果在祷告中没有对上帝的信心，那会怎样呢？

3. 恐惧变成愤怒

a. 以色列人对摩西生气

b. 他们无礼和讽刺地对他说：

i. 摩西为什么要把他们带出埃及？

ii. 难道在埃及没有坟地？

iii. 摩西为什么带领他们面对这种绝望的局面？

c. 他们记得自己曾经与摩西说话

i. 他们叫摩西不要理会他们 《出埃及记 5：21》

ii. 面对当前的危机，他们对上帝缺乏信心

d. 绝望的思想：

i. 他们认为他们一定会在旷野里死去

ii. 他们对与摩西一起离开埃及地感到后悔

iii. 他们认为他们在埃及地会过得更好

iv. 他们虽然是奴隶，但至少他们还能存活

e. 在上帝里没有坚定的信心，他们根本就没有盼望