The way out of the evil before you is to put the Lord before all that is against you.
The Lord’s insight. The giant you face may be the path to the freedom you want.
Exodus 14:16: “But lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.”
Genesis 17:8-9: “Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”
Sometimes, believers can face hardships so daunting that they can feel like they are just a moment from being overcome. In 2 Corinthians we are reminded that we can be hard pressed on every side but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed”.
Believing believers will face their challenges in an overcoming way. Exodus 14:16 is saying to the Israelites the challenge before them was the path to take to overcome what was behind them. Genesis 17:8-9 is saying to the Israelites never to choose to serve the thing that will want you to stop serving the God who Loves you.
Life is tough for us, and it is tougher each day. But being a believer is what makes tough things just things. What will overcome those who have no faith will not have an overcoming impact on those who have the faith to believe.
To the Egyptians, the Red Sea meant the Israelites would be their prize. But to the Israelites, the Red Sea meant they were the prize of God. The believer and the nonbeliever can face the same thing, but the believer knows they will get through because they are prized by the Lord.
To the Egyptians, the Red Sea meant the Israelites had no path to escape a return to bondage. But to the Israelites, the Red Sea meant the Egyptians had taken the path to their destruction. The believer stays on the path to believing even when being pursued by the nonbelieving.
To the Egyptians, the Red Sea showed that the Israelites were not smart enough to escape them. But to the Israelites, the Red Sea revealed the stupidity of the Egyptians in that the foolishness of God is greater than the smarts of man. No matter your situation, you must always follow the direction of the Lord even when it appears to make no sense.
To the Egyptians, the Red Sea was their chance to show the strength of the wrath they intended to put upon the Israelites. But to the Israelites, the Red Sea was the way God would show the world how the strength of a dependent believing life will overcome all evil.
We are in a decaying time today. Most everything that is of God is attacked or is being attacked by the foolishness of those who believe more in man than in God. You may be in a difficult personal situation at the same time as you live in this decaying worldly time. But now is the time to be humbly strong.
The Way Out of the things that come against us is to look for the Red Sea. You see, to the believer, the Red Sea is what saves the believer while it is what drowns the unbeliever. The Way Out of the oppression of your giant is to determine to serve the Lord and never the giant that you face. The way over the mountain before you is to wait for the Lord to move you as He leaves your mountain standing alone.
God is still God no matter what we face. He is beyond the things that can reach and bring to us challenges that might hold us back from the life He wants for us. The Way Out of what is before you is to put Him before all that is around you.
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