Most of us have lived in difficult and challenging circumstances . . . which I call the Red Seas of Life . . the kind of things that are always on our mind. . . throughout the day . . . all through the night. The Red Seas of life relentlessly occupy our thoughts, emotions, and attitude. The thing that messes with most of us is that we are responsible for not letting the Red Seas of life to take the life out of us. And more than that . . . there is a time . . . a place . . . a moment . .. which does not make sense to those who do not know Christ . . . that will profoundly impact the world . . . when we respond with faith in Christ rather than . . . respond in fear to the Red Seas of life. The thing is. . . as a Christ Follower we have the duty and pleasure . . . to let the world see Christ in us . . . as we walk through the Red Seas of life . . . in faith that God will make a way.
I am the first to say the Red Seas of life that lie between me and faith can be so overwhelming that it seems impossible that God will make a way through the messiness of the problems, pressures, and challenges. Fear is an understandable and normal response when we face the Red Seas of life. But, fear is not of God.
In all honesty, I have experienced the Red Seas of life in two different ways. There have been the times that I have continued to have fear and other times I have had perfect peace with faith that Christ is . . . well. . . Christ. There is one difference in both scenarios: in the former I end up trying as much as possible not to have fear and in the latter, I have surrendered and laid all things down to Christ. There is a huge gap between trying and surrender.
As we look back into the ancient days, we are able to see that the struggle between fear and faith is an ongoing battle of humanity when the Red Sea is in front of us. Read the book of Exodus and study Moses. While we can skip ahead and then read the words to discover the outcome, Moses did not have that luxury.to know the future as he stood before the rushing waters of the Red Sea with the most powerful army charging behind him and the very fearful two million people in between. In that moment of time, Moses took a leap of faith to believe that God would part the waters when he simply raised his hand over the sea. Seriously. It would have been the ultimate exercise of faith: Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the LORD opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land. (Exodus 14: 21, NLT)
I am not sure anyone would really be prepared for the deliverance scene in Exodus. It had to be breathtakingly miraculous to see that as Moses raised his hand over the Red Sea. . . a path opened through the water . . . and to feel the strength of the east wind as it came up . . . blowing all night . . . like a gigantic blow dryer . . . until the bottom of the sea became dry land. The Israelites had perceived life through their experience of oppression; however, the parting waters of the Red Sea and its dry ground changed their perception of God, who was not somewhere far off, but, present, saving the people to fully experience freedom. Perception changes everything.
They came to that moment that they had to decide if they would respond in faith that God could and would make a way through the Red Sea:
2 Corinthians 3:17 is clear that true freedom in life is coming to the moments of life trusting the Spirit of God to not only provides the way but to be present, going through it with us : Now, the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, he gives freedom.
Whenever we experience the presence of God, we experience divine freedom. God always makes a way for humanity to experience freedom from the Red Sea of life . . . the problems, challenges, and messes in life. That said, freedom doesn’t make sense if we are immersed in fear of the Red Sea rather than focused on faith of Christ. Fear must be surrendered in order to get through the Red Sea of life..
Remember God always makes a way for us to be delivered from the pressures and power of problems and trials. He parts the Red Sea of life and blows the wind of His Spirit over us to make a way through whatever we are going through.
Do you want the Red Sea of Life to part?
Respond in faith.
Believe God will make a way.
Walk through the way God has planned for you . . . believe God will part the Red Seas of your life . . . and provide dry ground to walk in . . . as the Spirit moves in your circumstance.
Learning to Kick Start the day in faith that Christ will make a way . . . parting the Red Sea of Life . . . as the wind of the Spirit moves,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)