Like many other psalms, psalm 78 is a summary of the Israeli history, with all of the miracles God did, the heroes, and the failures of the nation. These kind of psalms, I understand, are unique to Israel, as no other nation (that I am aware of, anyways) records their ancient history with all of the failures left in.
Rome, China, Egypt, Sumer, they all glossed over the insufficiencies of their histories. Which is exactly why Egypt didn't leave a record of all of the Hebrew slaves escaping. What a failure to the nation! Why would you put that in your history?
Yet the whole Bible is full of imperfect people who miffed up big time. David? Yeah, he's a big one. Solomon? Totally messed up. Abraham? Lied to the king of Egypt. Big mistake. Moses? Uh-huh, he didn't even get to see the promised land.
But as the above verse reminds us, God was still with Israel, and Moses the whole time. God made sure that despite the miffs and messes, that His people still reached the promised land. God's plan did not fail even remotely for His people, and His goodness lasts. Moses may have led the people across the Red sea, but it was God's hand guiding the whole operation.
It was God who gave them courage, who caused the Israelites in the verse to not be afraid of the impending army of Egyptians. And it was God who saved them.
And God can save you too, no matter how many times you mess up and no matter how much of a failure you feel as a human. It's tough, it's hard, but the choice to obey is all in your hands. And the fact of the matter is that if you choose to follow God, He will guide you to safety. That doesn't mean it won't be through a hallway made of metaphorical water, but still.
Safe.
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