The Journey--May 2010

May 14, 2010

Exodus 14-15

The Lord says twice in this section of Scripture that the purpose of the Red Sea crossing was so that the Egyptians would know that He is the Lord.  He took the Israelites the “long way” (13:17-18) so that He could display His power over the Egyptians.  Where is God taking me “the long way”?  What’s my perspective?  Am I focused on me and what I want and how this affects my life?  Or do I trust God and know that everything He does has purpose and may not even have anything to do with me? 

God is perfectly capable of anything, so if “nothing” seems to be happening, it’s for His purpose.  And if I’m stuck at the Red Sea, I need to stand still and hold my peace for God is about to move…

Lord,

Help me see Your perspective.  Help me not to be so self-centered that I miss Your purpose.  May my eyes be only on You and not on my circumstances.  Amen.

May 28, 2010—this is the day in which I felt in my heart that the Lord was going to ask me to do something big, only I had no idea what that was going to be…

 Joshua 3: 5, 13, 17

“And Joshua said to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you’.”

“And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they shall stand as a heap.”

“Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan…”

We have to be set apart in preparation for the wonders of the Lord, His work in our life.  Otherwise we miss the point, or miss the work completely. 

Oftentimes we have to get our feet wet to experience the hand of the Lord in our lives, or to move forward in our walk with Him.  When we trust Him and get our feet wet, He will make us stand firm on dry ground in the midst of our circumstances.

 Am I willing to get my feet wet?  Where is God asking me to move forward and trust Him? 

Lord,

You haven’t even asked me to do anything and already I feel myself wavering.  And yet, I want to get my feet wet if it means experiencing You.  Prepare me now that I might be effective for You when the time comes.  And when the time comes for me to jump in, please make Your directive obvious.  Amen.