Read the book of Exodus. It is clear that the people were focused on their circumstances rather than on the presence of God: Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What are we to drink?" Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. (Exodus 15: 22-25, TNIV)
The people faced another "Red Sea" crisis. They needed water.Could it be that the people were unchanged by the Red Sea miracle? God opened the Red Sea and provided a dry path with the water pushed back; however, their response to the next Red Sea crisis had not changed. How could they have missed that God would provide everything they needed to conquer the obstacles?
In reality, the story could be about you and me.Just because we don't know what to do in a situation does not mean that we are at a dead end.
What can we do to respond with belief that God is present . . . good . . . and working on our behalf to make a way through the Red Seas of our life?
One thing that is imperative is to renew the mind. Reading, studying, and meditating on the Word of God renews the mind, enabling us to respond to God rather then to a circumstance.
So. Let the Word anchor into the mind such as Jesus' promise in Matthew 19:26: Jesus looked at them and said, "With human beings this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26, TNIV).
The mind is renewed as we move from thinking that something is impossible to the truth that with God all things are possible. Our perception changes. We are able to see there are solutions, regardless if we can't see at the moment that God will provide a way through every obstacle.
I don't know about you, but I am changed by Matthew 19: 26; however, there is a space between knowing the promise and experiencing its fulfillment. It is in the space that we learn to trust, believing God.
God will open the Red Seas of our life.Renew your mind.
Respond to your Red Sea through believing God..
Trust.
Believe God will provide a dry path in the Red Sea.
Learning to KickStart the day trusting God between the space of knowing the promise and experiencing its fulfillment,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie L. Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)