Moses Math

I received this in an email from my mom. I can't find who originally wrote it but thought it was a great faith reminder!

Here is something to think about next time you have a problem that dims your faith. Try to figure out the math in this without God in the equation! It cannot be done! Moses and the people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 million people requires a lot of food. According to the Quartermaster General in the Army, it is reported that Moses would have to have 1,500 tons of food each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day. Two freight trains each a mile long would be required!

Besides you must remember, they were out in the desert, and they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the food. This would take 4,000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long, just for one day. Just think, they were forty years in transit.

Oh, yes, they would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11 million gallons each day. That would require a freight train with tank cars 1,800 miles long, just to bring water! Then consider another thing: They had to get across the Red Sea in one night. If they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So, there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5,000 abreast to get over in one night.

Another problem also faced Moses. Each time they camped at the end of the day, it required a campground about two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island, or a total of 750 square miles long. Think of it! This space had to be provided each night for camping. Do you think Moses figured all this out before he left Egypt? I think not! You see, Moses believed in God. God took care of these things for him.

How foolish we are to try and control it and work it out for ourselves and to worry about our situation when we really can't figure it out or it doesn't seem to be going the way we think things ought to go. We are to TRUST God in ALL things.

I have been really convicted lately that my worrying about what is going to happen or is NOT going to happen is SIN. There...I said it. Plain and simple. No ifs, ands, or buts...SIN!

Everything that does not come from faith is sin. Romans 14:23

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6

God states that HE works ALL things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose Romans 8:28. So basically either we believe it or we don't. Moses did believe Him!