PRAYER JOURNAL 1/22/2019
Deuteronomy 8:2 And you
shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in
the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart,
whether you would keep His commandments or not.
The blood had been applied to the doorposts, the Death Angel
had passed over and the Israelites were on the road to freedom. What they didn’t understand is that deliverance
from Egypt to the Land of Promise would be a process. A process of challenges, miracles, roadblocks
and faith.
It didn’t take long for the first challenge to raise its “ugly
head.” They didn’t even get out
of Egypt! The Egyptian Army was in hot
pursuit and the Red Sea was in front of them.
What they didn’t realize is that God was in control of the whole
situation. Just as he had destroyed all
the wealth and strength of Egypt with the plagues, God was preparing the
Israelites to experience a great and final victory over the Egyptians. But of course instead of faith, fear kicked
in and they began to complain….
“Were there no graves in Egypt; that you had to bring us out here to
die? You should have left us alone; it would have been better to serve the
Egyptians than die out here in the wilderness.”
Exodus 14:13-14 And
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish
for you today. For the Egyptians whom
you see today, you shall see no more forever.
The Lord will fight for you and you will hold your peace.
You’ve taken a step of faith or maybe you are just sick of
living in Bondage…Bondage to Sin or Bondage to Expectations or even Bondage to
Self. You believed and you followed, BUT NOW…
The Masters of Bondage are behind you and a seemingly
impossible Road Block is in front of you and you wonder…. “What’s going on? Is it all just a pipe dream? At least Bondage was familiar; I knew what
was expected. Has God brought me out
just to abandon me at the banks of freedom?”
Exodus 14:15-16 And the
Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me?” Tell the Children of Israel to go
forward. But lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide
it. And the Children of Israel shall go
on dry ground through the midst of the Sea.
HOLD ON….you’re
not even out of Egypt! God has set you
up for a great and final victory over the things that have bound you for so
long. He is preparing a smooth path of
dry ground and if you will GO FORWARD
in faith, the “slave masters” you see today, you shall see no more forever!
GOD HAS MADE YOU A PROMISE AND HE IS
FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE IT, BUT…
You may have to cross a Red Sea. At times you may only have
a little manna to sustain you. There may be giants to fight and walled cities
to march around but KEEP MOVING FORWARD…DON’T
FIGHT THE PROCESS. There is a PROMISED LAND WAITING….The honey is
sweet and the milk is flowing.
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