God ordains healing change rather than living to sustain our life in status quo. We do not need to be swallowed up by the things of life but to persevere through faith that God has something more for us to experience. In the ancient days, the Israelites had to be willing to walk away from salvery going forward by faith. It began with prayer when they were lives were weighed down with the pain of oppression.
At the end of the day . . . prayer is the hinge of a healing change.
They prayed: The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. (Exodus 2:23-25)
God answered, continually at work on behalf of the people: So the people of Israel walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side! (Exodus 14: 22, NLT)
'The Israelites struggled with their future; however, they stayed the course, trusting God for complete deliverance.
What would have happened if they turned around and went back to Egypt?
We know they would have missed the way God had planned for them to go through the Red Sea on dry ground with walls of water on each side.
The walk of a lifetime would never have been a part of their reality had they not prayed and went the way God directed.
Once they prayed . . . even the atmosphere changed. . . as they asked God to shift the details of their life. It required a response . . . to leave the shore of the Red Sea and take a step . . . to experience a breakthrough from slavery.
What do we miss when we go back to things that oppress and enslave us?
The presence of God is more powerful than the pain that we encounter in this world. The suffering of the pain can be so great that we can't see that God is present. The thing is . . . God has a plan . . . before we were born . .
. a plan to prosper and not to harm us . . . a dry pathway with the
walls of water held high as we face the Red Seas of life. When we call out to God, He will shift the universe, answering in extraordinary ways.
Call out to God.
Experience the new way God has for you to go in healing and wholeness.
Learning to KickStart the day by praying, going the way God plans for me to go,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie L. Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)