Moses responds firmly, “Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. [And here is my favorite part.] The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still” (Exodus 14:13-14). One of the fundamental purposes of solitude is to give us a concrete way of entering into such stillness, so that God can come in and do what only God can do.
