Stand in Silence and See

When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:10-14 ESV)
Standing.  Sounds simple enough.  But it's hard when you're scared.  When we are scared (not if), we have all sorts of other emotions that rush in telling us to do things.  Various situations call for different kinds of responses.  Standing is often one we do not consider, unless we stand frozen in fear.  God's call was a different kind of "standing" - a confident standing in faith to watch Him at work.  On some occasions we are called on to stand up and speak up; but at times like this silence is golden. We need to see that anything we say or do is not what makes the difference; it is standing in trust of Who God is and what He has said.  It can be one of the hardest kinds of standing there is, but what if the people had not obeyed? What if they would have scattered and been slaughtered or submitted and returned to Egypt. They would not have seen, and their story line would have been far different. Let us listen to the Spirit of God tell us what kind of Stand HE wants us to make today.