Have you ever been trapped in your circumstance? This is how it was for Moses and the children of Israel when they had the Red Sea in front of them and Pharoah's army behind them. They were completely trapped with NO WAY OUT. Moses and the children of Israel did exactlly what we would have done they fell on their faces and began to pray to God. In these verses we find out how to get your miracle when you are in a situation where you are trapped. And you can't find your way out. There is a way to release the power of God BUT MOST PEOPLE MISS IT? Why do they miss it? They miss it because prayer is the only spiritual practice that they do to try to release God's power in their lives. If you want to release God's power in your life you are going to have to GO BEYOND PRAYER. Oh don't get me wrong prayer is a GOOD START, but if that is the only spiritual practice you do to obtain your miracle, you are going to fall short of that miracle 90 percent of the time.
When the walls came down for Joshua, did they come down by prayer alone?
When Noah was saved from the flood was he saved by prayer alone?
When Gideon over threw the opposing army did he do that by prayer alone?
When Joseph saved the whole world from a severe famine did he do that by prayer alone.
Over and over again the answer is going to be NO, the men and woman of the Bible did not conquer and overcome their obstacles by prayer alone, so what makes us think that just because we pray everyday that we are going to see our miracle? Prayer is just the starting point, not the total package.
Exodus 14:15 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. 16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it.
What did God say to Moses when he was trapped between Pharoah's army and the Red Sea? He said, "Why do you cry to Me?"
You have prayed, and you have prayed, and you have prayed, and you have prayed and you are still in the same mess, same circumstances, same sickness, same poverty, same relationship, nothing has gotten better, nothing has moved. God is saying to you today the same thing he said to Moses, "Why do you cry to ME?" Then what did he say? Tell them to move FORWARD!
FORWARD!?! HELLO GOD! THERE IS A SEA IN THE WAY! What is in your way today stopping your forward movement! What is God saying to you about that?? He is saying get up off your face, and move FORWARD anyway. But how? How can we do this? They didn't have time to build a bridge across the sea. They didn't have time to find or build a boat to take them across. They didn't have time to build a tunnel through the heart of the sea. What did God say to Moses?
But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide it.
What was his rod? His rod was the thing he had in his hand! What do you have in your hand today? What little bit has God given you. LIFT UP WHAT LITTLE YOU HAVE and DO SOMETHING WITH IT! The answer for you is already in your hand. and stretch forth your hand, don't hold back, don't sit down, don't give up, don't wait until things get better before you move on, don't wait on God to move first, Maybe what you have in your hand is just a small thing! USE IT! If you are faithful with the small things, God will give you more! Instead of focusing on what you cannot do, lift up your head, look at what you got, assess what you CAN do and begin to move forward. Now don't get me wrong. That forward movment is NOT what saved MOSES and the children of Israel. No, that forward movement was only going to move them into the sea, a sea of impossible circumstances. Your efforts to move forward is NOT going to fix your circumstances. Your efforts to move forward is nothing more than an ACTION OF FAITH, knowing that if you will do what you can do, God will do what you CANNOT do!
You circumstances will part when you finally get up off your face and begin to move forward! RElease the miracle of God in your life today. Child, get up and move forward!
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