“Do not be afraid, stand firm and you will see deliverance the Lord will bring you today.”
Ex. 14:13
Ex. 14:13
Feeling defeated? Losing hope? Ever feel like you’ve been set free from a particular personal “captivity”, only to find that you’ve backtracked the very next moment?
In Ex. 14:1-4, the Jewish people had just experienced the most amazing deliverance from bondage, yet in very short order, found themselves backtracking. However, what appeared to be confusion and chaos was in reality God’s purposeful plan.
God was in the process of strengthening His ‘victorious battle strategy’ but when God’s plan didn’t “appear” all that victorious, the people became disenchanted and in their confusion began to crave their former captivity. Why? For the same reasons that our friends go back to their abusive situations. ~~Captivity was familiar to them and this familiarity somehow brought comfort.
God has a “purposeful plan” for our lives. He desires to heal each of us regardless of our pasts, and to fully enable and equip us to enjoy His abundance for our lives.
In Ex. 14:1-4, the Jewish people had just experienced the most amazing deliverance from bondage, yet in very short order, found themselves backtracking. However, what appeared to be confusion and chaos was in reality God’s purposeful plan.
God was in the process of strengthening His ‘victorious battle strategy’ but when God’s plan didn’t “appear” all that victorious, the people became disenchanted and in their confusion began to crave their former captivity. Why? For the same reasons that our friends go back to their abusive situations. ~~Captivity was familiar to them and this familiarity somehow brought comfort.
God has a “purposeful plan” for our lives. He desires to heal each of us regardless of our pasts, and to fully enable and equip us to enjoy His abundance for our lives.
- “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity.” Jer. 29:11-14
- “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind, is anything to hard for Me?” Jer. 32:27
- “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this _____. For the battle is NOT yours, but God’s” 2Chr. 20:15
We’ve all heard, “Well, I’ve tried ‘it’, and ‘it’ didn’t work.” But remember, the ‘it’ is a ‘HE’ and He WILL answer and deliver us from every heart pain we have and will ever have.
Our part is to CONSTANTLY lean on Him with all of our weight, seek Him wholeheartedly with a focused mind, purposefully set our affections upon Him, and humbly bow down, spreading our hands out to heaven in utter dependence. He is FAITHFUL!!!! The question is this: Are we?
Big hugs this week,
Shaun and Betsy
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