"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
(I Corinthians 10:13)
We've all been there, done that! What? We needed a way of escape, a pardon, a way out of debt, a miracle healing, a touch of the Master's hand, a blessing, a light to shine in our darkness, and those who know and serve the Lord Jesus Christ have seen His provision; we've received the miracle; we've watched the gas tank needle move up without any gas; we've stood astounded as we gathered the brand new 10 and 20 dollar bills scattered in the front seat of the car to cover the $70 tuition; and where did it all come from? The hand of God ... through obedient people of God, through angels unaware, through ... but we know this ... God makes a way where there is no way! Why don't you make Him your Lord and Savior, and "Let Him Part Your Seas."
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
The miracle of the loaves and fishes is a known Bible story about the lad who gave his lunch of five loaves and two fishes to Jesus Christ, who fed 5,000 people, besides women and children, with one lunch ... and afterwards, there were 12 baskets left over. Now that's leftovers you don't grumble about ... because it's miracle leftovers! What if the boy had not had the lunch? Jesus would have sent them to catch a fish and multiplied that, or He would have done something with anything, or with nothing? He's Jesus; problems and needs don't thwart Him, don't stop Him, don't deter Him, don't puzzle Him, don't dissuade Him ... He's God! Seas don't get in His way; diseases can't escape His hands; devils and demons obey and flee in His presence; meal barrels rumble and have to overflow at His Word; blind eyes become visual with a dollop of the Jesus mudpack; and, hey, you don't even have to be there sometimes for His Word to hunt you down and "heal" you! That's "MY" LORD, Jesus Christ!
Jesus, Healing
What about you? What "seas" do you need parted? You say, "Well, I've prayed and prayed; nothing's happened." Cast your net on the other side? What? Ask Him what He wants You to do to bring Your miracle? You've prayed and asked; now it's time, perhaps, for "Your action" to seal the deal. There always has to be an action on our part, however small it may be, to make way for His part. The lame man was told, "Take up your bed and walk." The leper was told, "Go, show yourself to the priest." The blind man was asked, "What do you see?" The man with the withered hand was told, "Stretch forth your hand." It was in the man's faithful attempting to rise and take up his bed; it was in the "going" to show himself to the priest; it was in the blind man's words, "I see men walking as trees," (it was blurry, but he was endeavoring to see); it was in the forceful try to stretch that bent paralytic hand ... in all of these, there was an "action" on the part of the person needing the miracle. 
You say, "Why is that so? Why doesn't the miracle just happen?" It is a principle of God; the Bible says if you don't work, you don't eat." (2 Thessalonians 3:10) In the old testament, the gleanings were left in the fields for the poor, but the poor had to glean it themselves. It was not biblical that people got something for nothing; they did not ... not food, not healings, not provisions ... all things required an action on the part of the recipient. 
Jesus, turning water to wine
When Jesus turned the water to wine, remember that Mary, Jesus' mother, said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." They were told to fill the vessels with water; then, Jesus turned the water to wine, or luscious grape juice, as it were.
We're waitin' on Jesus; He's waitin' on us! What is needed? First, we must be in His family. What? If Jesus is not on board your boat, He can't calm your storm, part your sea, or speak to your dilemma. This is salvation I'm talking about; ask Him into your heart, ask for forgiveness of your sins in sincere humility, ask Him to fill you with His Spirit and you will speak in tongues when it happens, and then be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. Then, He's on your boat; you're in the family. So, to part your seas, it may take a walk to the altar, a three-day fast, a "parting" of your own money to receive His miracle of money, a blessing to another to reap your blessing; the key statement is: "Whatever He says to you, do it!" 
The Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be blessed, to prosper, to do well in this life, but that's in direct relation to "our soul prospering." "I would that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers." (3 John 1:2) Could it be that we're not prospering, because our soul is not prospering? Prosper means: to flourish or thrive; to grow vigorously. How do we make our souls grow? Prayer, fasting, reading the Word, giving, ministering, sowing, and "weeping." (Psalm 126:5) 
Does the Lord "always" heal; does He always give a miracle; does He always deliver us totally; does He always give us a smooth path? No. The honest answer is No. Sometimes we must endure the process, the potter's wheel, the Job trial of faith, the Joseph's false imprisonment, the Daniel's slumber party with hungry and growling ferocious lions, the walk with the fourth man in the fire, the Ruth change of beliefs to realize our Boaz, the prison cell of Paul to write the Book ... but, as the song says, "Through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God." 
You say, "If we don't get what we want, why bother?" The bother leads us to the "pearl," the treasure is one step below the other; the vessel realizes honor after humility; the eternal prize lies beyond the skies; the essence of us comes from the "Thus" saith the Lord; our existence is paved in gold only after our persistence ... In other words, we're not spoiled brats; we're children of the King, we're becoming the image of Him ... and the closer we get to His image, the more miracles we see, the more deliverance's occur, the more angels appear, the more fiery altars abound, the more we expect and see His glory, the more we experience "in earth as it is in heaven" ... 
O, it's a long mysterious journey, this life in God ... sometimes we're healed immediately when we call; sometimes we struggle through pain and sorrow; sometimes the money's in the mailbox; sometimes foreclosure papers are in our hands; sometimes the child dies; sometimes "life" is a miracle; sometimes we dance; sometimes our tears are as oceans; sometimes we burn with fire shut up in our bones; sometimes the heavens are walled over; sometimes we embrace the vision; sometimes the vision embraces us; sometimes home is where the heart is; and ALL the time, for the blood-bought, water-baptized, Holy Ghost filled, tongue talking, God called, Rapture-ready bride of the King ... this world is not our home ...
The bottom line? We don't walk alone; sometimes He carries us, when we're too weary to go on. Faith is knowing no matter what, the Lord is our Shepherd; in sickness and in health, in wealth and in less, in the desert and on top of the mountain, in the valley and by the brook, we KNOW that our God will see us through.
One definition of "part" is "somebody's participation or essential involvement in something." Ah, it comes down to letting our Lord have the involvement HE wants in our lives, letting HIM be God in our lives, giving HIM the decision of participation ... or not ... What? Seas and waters in the Bible often refer to people; we need to "let God be involved with His people" however, whenever, and in whatsoever way He chooses. In other words, Let go and Let God; He's your Maker and you're the partaker; "Let Him Part Your Seas."
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Pastor Kenneth Phillips
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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas
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