"And Moses said unto the
people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he
will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall
see them again no more for ever." (Exodus 14:13) What a word this word
"salvation"! Oh the length of it! It is from eternity to eternity. And the
height of it! It reaches from the highest heaven to the lowest hell. And the
width of it! From Jew to Gentile, male to female, rich to poor, crossing every
barrier. Oh, to be able to "see" the salvation of the Lord! But we'll never
"see" it till we "stand still"! God must stop us on our run to destruction,
hell. God must stop us, bring us to an end of our "going about to establish our
own righteousness."(Rom. 10:1-4) God must stop us in our busyness of the world
and God must enable us to "see". Moses said, "he will shew you." If and when He
does, we'll see it is "of the Lord"!! As Jonah: Jonah 2:9 "But I will sacrifice
unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay {that} that I have vowed.
Salvation {is} of the Lord. If and when He does, we'll see it is "of grace"!!
"For by grace are ye saved," Paul says in Ephesians 2. If and when He does,
we'll see it is "in Christ"!! And we will see it is free, full and final, our
sins being like the Egyptians, "ye shall see them again no more for ever." Only
then will we "fear not"! That's why so many secretly fear in their hearts!
Regardless of their profession of religion, their conduct, the assurances of
men, their experiences, baptism...they've not seen the salvation of the Lord!
When we see the salvation of the Lord, we see the covenant. "Although my house
be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in
all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although
he make it not to grow." (II Sam. 23:5) All things ordered, purposed, planned
and sure by the Lord in an everlasting covenant of salvation. When we see the
salvation of the Lord, we see the cross. Not the wooden instrument of death but
the death itself. We see the death of Christ by which He justifies sinners
through and by the blood and righteousness of the One who bore our sins in His
own body on the cross. And we see the Christ! Like Simeon we say as we behold
Him by faith through the gospel, "mine eyes have seen thy salvation.”