DAILY DEVOTIONAL TODAY – June 23, 2025 || Our Daily Bread [Daily Devotion] | MamClaireTV

Devotional Message:
(Exodus 14:31)
"When the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD...[they] put their trust in Him."

🔎 Observation: Seeing God's Hand Changes Everything

In Exodus 14, the Israelites had just escaped Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery. But as they approached the Red Sea, they faced what looked like a trap:

In front of them, deep water.

Behind them, Pharaoh’s army.

No boat. No weapons. No chance of fighting or fleeing.

They panicked and questioned Moses:

|| “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?” (Exodus 14:11)

They forgot all the miracles they had just witnessed—plagues, protection, freedom.
Fear erased their memory of God’s faithfulness.

But God didn’t scold them. He showed them.

He instructed Moses to stretch out his staff over the sea. And then—
the impossible happened.
The waters split. Dry ground appeared. A way was made where there had been no way.

And when the Israelites walked through the sea and saw Pharaoh’s army swallowed by the waters, they no longer just believed in the idea of God’s power.
They saw it.
They experienced it.
And that changed everything.

|| “When the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD... they feared the LORD and put their trust in him.”

🛠 Application: What Happens When You See God’s Power for Yourself

God is still showing His mighty hand today. But the problem is—
we often miss it because we’re so focused on the problem in front of us.

Here’s how we can experience and respond to God’s mighty power in a personal and practical way:

✨ 1. God's Power Often Comes After Our Fear

Before God moved, the Israelites were terrified.
They said, “It would’ve been better to be slaves than to die here.”

But notice:
God didn’t need them to be fearless before He acted.
He acted in the middle of their fear.

Sometimes, we think we need to be strong and faithful