11th November 2026

The Fight Was His

(Conclusion, Mini Series on "the Red Sea")

"The LORD will fight for you,

and you shall hold your peace."

Exodus 14:14

Reading: Romans 6:1-11.

Notice who did the fighting at the Red Sea. Israel drew no sword and fired no arrow. They only walked where God had opened the way. The LORD fought for them, alone — and "the LORD won."

Where did the LORD fight for us? Not at the Red Sea, but at the cross. "Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life" (v 3-4).

There the waters of God's judgement did not part for the Lord Jesus. They closed over His head. The sinless Son of God went under — not for any sin of His own, but willingly, carrying ours — and on the third day He came up out of those waters alive, on the far shore of death itself. That is why there is dry ground for anyone at all who trusts Him: the sea broke on Him.

"And you shall hold your peace." Salvation is not a joint venture between God and us. Our part is to stop justifying ourselves, stop bargaining, stop trying to part the sea by our own goodness — and to trust the One who fought alone and won. And He gives what He won: peace with God, the judgement behind us, and a new life on the far shore.

Prayer:  Lord Jesus, You fought alone and won. Teach me to stop defending myself, and to rest in what You have done. In Your name, I ask. Amen.