“It’s better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness.”
What a remarkable statement! The Israelites were barely out of Egypt when they said this. Did they not remember how loathsome their lives were as slaves in Egypt? Did they not realize that the God of Israel who had fulfilled his promise to rescue them by a mighty hand was able now to deliver them from Pharoah’s pursuit? Aren’t some things more precious than life itself?
The faith God gives us is not something to be held loosely in our hands. Rather, it must be gripped firmly, as one who seizes a prize.
