Shemos/Exodus 14: 13 – 16 – Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand fast and see the salvation of HASHEM that He will perform for you today; for as you have seen Egypt today, you shall not see them ever again! HASHEM shall make war for you, and you shall remain silent.”
15 HASHEM said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the CHILDREN of Israel and let them journey forth! 16 And you – lift up your staff and stretch out your arm over the sea and split it; and the Children of Israel shall come into the midst of the sea on dry land.
A very powerful vision. With your permission, I would like to plant a seed (question/thought) in your mind. G-d questions Moses, “Why do you cry out to me.” G-d then proceeds, “Lift up your staff and stretch out you your arm.” Is the power in Moses to bring the Children of Israel forward? Throughout the ten plaques it was Moses who lifted up his staff and stretched out his arm. Was it not G-d Himself who had given Moses this ability? So here is another question. When you and I experience such acts from G-d, why do we lose resolve? A child must hold the hand of his father for only so many years. During those early years the young boy [experiences] his father, he [witnesses] that in which his father performs. He is told and [shown] the love of his father. As the years pass that which the lad [witnessed] by now should be ingrained within. You and I are that lad.
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