When Your Back is Against the Sea | Moses | Pastor Joaquin Pardo

When Your Back is Against the Sea | Moses | Pastor Joaquin Pardo

June 21, 2026 · 46 min

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Pastor Joaquin Pardo discusses the significance of trusting God's plan during challenging times, using the crossing of the Red Sea as a key example.

What do you do when your back is against the sea? This weekend, Pastor Joaquin continued our MOSES: Live No Lies series by examining one of the most famous miracles in Scripture: the crossing of the Red Sea. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. Exodus 14:21- 22 After 400 years of slavery, God’s people were finally free. Yet, instead of taking the shortest route to the Promised Land, God led them toward what appeared to be a dead end. With the Red Sea in front of them and Pharaoh’s army behind them, Israel found themselves trapped, afraid, and questioning God’s plan. 1) Trust his route. When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” Exodus 13:17 God did not lead Israel by the shortest route because He knew they were not ready for what was ahead. The route…

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