The Quicksand Lesson at Morecambe Bay

Along the tidal flats of Morecambe Bay in northwest England, local guides have led travelers across the shifting sands for over five centuries. Cedric Robinson, the Queen's Guide to the Sands for nearly fifty years, taught every group the same counterintuitive lesson before they set out: if you step into quicksand, do not thrash. Do not kick. Do not run.

Every instinct screams at you to fight your way out. But struggling only drives you deeper. The violent churning breaks the water tension beneath the surface and creates a vacuum that pulls harder with every desperate movement. Robinson would demonstrate the answer — lean back, spread your arms wide, and be still. Within moments, the sand releases its grip. The very stillness that feels like surrender is the physics of rescue.

The Israelites stood at the edge of the Red Sea with Pharaoh's chariots thundering behind them. Every instinct screamed: run, fight, do something. But Moses delivered the word of the Almighty: "Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."

God was not asking for passivity. He was asking for trust — the kind that stops thrashing long enough to let deliverance do its work. Sometimes the bravest thing a believer can do is open their hands, plant their feet, and let the God who parted the waters finish what He started.