Isaiah 40:28 (ESV)
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of
the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his
understanding is unsearchable.
What would have happened had Moses tried to figure out
what was needed to accomplish God’s command? One of the biggest arithmetical
miracles in the world was required in the desert.
Moses led the people of Israel into the desert....Now
what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 3-1/2
million people required a lot of food. According to the U. S. Army’s
Quartermaster General, Moses needed 1500 tons of food a day, filling two
freight trains, each a mile long. Besides, you must remember, they were cooking
the food (not to mention for keeping warm, and if anyone tells you it doesn’t
get cold in the desert don’t believe them!). Just for cooking this took 4000
tons of firewood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long and this is
only for one day!!! They were for forty YEARS in transit!!!
Let’s not forget about water, shall we? If they only had
enough to drink and wash a few dishes (no bathing?!), it took 11,000,000
gallons EACH DAY—enough to fill a train of tanker cars 1800 miles long.
And another thing! They had to get across the red sea in
one night. Now if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be
800 miles long and require 35 days and nights to complete the crossing. So to
get it over in one night there had to be a space in the Red Sea 3 miles wide so
that they could walk 5,000 abreast. Think about this; every time they camped at
the end of the day, a camp ground the size of Rhode Island was required, or 750
square miles.
Do you think that Moses sat down and figured out the logistics
of what God told him to do before he set out from Egypt? I doubt it. He had
faith that God would take care of everything. Let us have courage, we share the
very same God!
Dear Lord, we pray that we would have the courage to
trust that You are in control of everything and will take care of everything.
In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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