Exodus 14:21

"LET GOD PART YOUR SEA"

"When I came, why was there no one?  When I called, why was there no one to answer?  Was my arm too short to ransom you?  Do I lack the strength to rescue you?  By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst."  (Isaiah 50:2) 

We humans have a problem!  It's called unbelief!  Almighty God can do anything  ... and HAS done it!  He's the same God who parted the waters, who rained manna from heaven, who protected with a cloud by day and a fire by night, who shut the lions' mouths, who walked in the fiery furnace with the heros who would not bow, who formed himself in the womb of a virgin, died and rose the third day  ...  and we ask, "Can He heal my body; deliver me from torment; give me a financial blessing; save my soul; raise me up and tear my enemies down?  His answer to all this is, "Where were you when I formed the foundation of the world?" 

"He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up; he

led them through the depths as through a desert."

(Psalm 106:9)

So, can Jesus Christ "dry" up your troubles or not?  It's not whether He can, but will He?  "Belief" is an interesting concept; it is undergirded with a foundation of absolute profound certainty.  Do we stand and "Believe" with an unending, unwavering, unmoving, unshakable, steadfast "even the dogs eat of the crumbs under the table" kind of faith?  If we can get to that "Red Sea crossing;" we can be healed, rescued, and set free from every bondage that keeps us from "dancing."  

 "As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,

but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning."

(Exodus 17:11)

Maybe we should apply the "hands up" war strategy!  As long as our arms are raised in worship, our battles are being won; if we stop praising Him, the enemy wins!  In the middle of my toughest and most horrific struggles and trials, I have felt the Lord saying, "Praise Me."  Those are the times we don't feel like it; we really don't want to; and sometimes the Job-like trial is so devastating we may even be a little angry at God for this happening to us; so, praising Him is difficult! 

My magnificent Pastor has taught us for years, in every trial and situation, we must determine if the trial is "of God, of satan, or of man."  For example, did we overspend, and now we're in financial trouble?  That is a trial of "man," or in this case, our own making.  To determine which of the three applies, we must be filled with the Spirit of God (Acts 2:38, Acts 19); the Spirit of God leads us into all truth. 

          

    "He led them out of Egypt and did wonders and miraculous signs

          in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert."

           (Acts 7:36)

After deliverance, after healing, after the miracle, what then?  The children of Israel, no doubt, rejoiced and danced after the Red Sea excursion, but then with each new trial, they murmured asking, "Why did God bring us out here to die."  We're not so different; all humans are a little fickle and forgetful.  The God secret ... Praise Him before you're delivered; Praise Him in the darkest night; Praise Him while you mount up with wings and wait; Praise Him until  ... Praise Him!  He doesn't always take away the storm, but He carries us through it!  We Praise Him in the good times and in the bad times; Praise Him!  When we burst through the heavenly gates, we will know all the whys by and by! 

            

Dry Ground!  What a day of rejoicing that must have been, when the Israelites came to rest after crossing between two miraculous mountains of water onto dry ground.  What about you?  The columns of the two posts of 2011 are the vision of your miracle blessing, "l l" may represent the two insurmountable mountains that seem to thwart you on both sides, but God is making a way for you in this year of victory to "Walk between the posts" on dry ground!

Let God part your sea  ... walk between the pillars of "l l" and head toward the light  ... God still makes a way in the middle of our raging, terrifying torrents.  "Let God Part Your Sea!"

           

                                                                                                                                         By Sheryl Fowler

                                                       (Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.
                                                  PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)