So many have forfeited the future of hope at the foot of fear. When faced with difficulties or uncertainties we tend to relent instead of pressing forward, while believing for better or more. It’s also amazing how beautiful the past can appear when the future seems unattainable. In this scripture in Exodus 14, the children of Israel were on the brink of the promised land. However, the only thing standing between them and that promise was the Red Sea. With Pharaoh and his army fast approaching they found themselves sandwiched between what had been, what was, and what could be. Instead of believing, trusting and looking to God with a heart of trust. They cried out to Lord and to Moses and declared, “we would have been better off to be slaves in Egypt!” Because they were facing a difficult uncertainty, they declared that their past bondage would have be better than this, although their promise lied on the other side of what they were facing. And, all they had to to do was stand still and watch the Lord move on their behalf. I don’t know what you may be facing today. But, I pray these thoughts, scriptures and prayer encourages you to keep believing and that they keep you from going back to what used to be. Believe that things can be better and different! When there’s no way around it, you have to go through it to get to it… Don’t give up! You’re promise could be on the other side of what you’re facing.
*Don’t allow the uncertainty of a promised future make you forfeit it to a familiar past.
*Don’t allow uncertainty, conflicts and difficulties make you think the past is better than the future, all because it’s familiar and comfortable.
*Don’t allow fear to cause you to choose a dreadful past over a hopeful future.
“And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.” Exodus 14:10-12
⁃ Trust God when you’re faced with an inconvenience.
⁃ Trust God when things don’t make sense.
⁃ Trust God when others don’t understand.
⁃ Trust God and He will show up unexpectedly and surprises you.
Psalm 103…
What do you need to trust God with today?
PRAYER:
Lord, give me the courage to step outside of what is safe and comfortable as I trust You to cover me with your all-sufficient grace. Holy Spirit teach me how to grow my capacity to handle life’s challenges from a posture of trust and expectation of good. Thank You for Your faithfulness to me, even when I don’t see it. You are my refuge and my strength and with You, all things are possible!
