Every morning under the intense Egyptian sun they would wake up and see the same cruel faces. They would see the hands that would whip and beat them if they didn’t produce enough bricks. The previous days bruises would still be black and blue. The monotony of the daily cruelty would be as relentless as the searing sun.
Now they were free, fleeing from their oppressors, ahead of them the water, behind the Egyptians chasing them in their chariots and on horseback. They didn’t stand a chance as they accused Moses of leading them to their death. ‘Were there not enough graves in Egypt that you brought us out here to be killed.’ Exodus 14:11.
Again in14:13 Moses said ‘These Egyptians you see here, you will never see again.’ What never see the Egyptian’s eyes full of hate or feel the lash of the whip!? Never have to make another brick out of the straw we’ve collected ourselves!
The words of Moses ‘Do not be afraid,’ apply to us today. Our burden is not building bricks but other circumstances equally frightening. Different circumstances, same God. How often do we read in the scriptures, ‘the God of Abraham, of Isaac and Israel? Now we can add, ‘God of you and you and me.’