Four Things to Remember

The Israelites were in a pickle. They had just been passed over by the angel of death and they were on their way out Egypt. Hurry. Before Pharaoh changes his mind...again.

And they leave. And they walk. And they come to a body of water. What now? They call out to Moses, "Did you bring us out here to die?" Because, see, when they looked back...the army was advancing.

The time seems ripe for a miracle.

Moses tells the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." (Exodus 14:13-14)

Four things to think about:
1. Don't fear.
2. Stand firm.
3. See.
4. Be still.

As the army approached with the order to kill...they were not to fear. God was in control. At some point, don't we just need to learn to trust His hands? There is army after army that comes after us...set to destroy us. Yet God, is in control. As Paul writes to the Romans, "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rom. 8:31) And then a little later, "...nothing can separate us from the love of God..." (Rom. 8:37-39).

Stand firm. Station yourself. Do not move. They cannot hurt you. Show them that you will no longer cower and bow down to them. Stand in the strength that God Himself gives to you.

Look around you. How far has God already brought you? I look at where I am and I must confess that I am blessed beyond description. Though times get tough, I am still held. Though life hurts, my hope is secure. My faith rests in Jesus and I know what the end result will be. God has brought me farther than I deserve and my journey is not yet over. What about you? What do you see when you look around?

Be still. Literally, from the Hebrew, scratch, engrave, hold peace. With that "...peace that passes all understanding..." (Phil. 4:7) you are scratching into the memory of those who are trying to pull you away that you cannot be moved because God is faithful and true. And I trust that God will also engrave it into my (and your) memory as well.

This week...with whatever comes up...I pray that you can hold onto this.

I pray that your fear will be stilled, that you will be able to stand firm, take inventory of what you already have and that it will be committed to your memory.

Trust God. As hard as it is sometimes. Let it go to Him.