Psalm 124:2,4
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when people rose up against us, … 4 then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
Israel had a thing about water. Think of what they saw when they looked out over the waters: the flood in Genesis, the storm that took Jonah, the monster Leviathan that God described to Job, and the chaos of dark waters that took many sailors down to death. Israel had a point, the water is dangerous.
When we see the waters like the Psalmist, then we’re ready to see how our God makes a way through death. All of Scripture shows us, in more and more elaborate ways, the beauty of God’s salvation. Just as Israel passed through the Red Sea and the Jordan river on dry ground, Jesus made a way for us through death. Jesus went down into the chaotic waters of death, truly died, and yet was raised. Now we can pass through death untouched!
Prayer prompt: Lord, help me to see Your salvation and praise You for it every day!