Monday, July 18, 2011

Fear not! Stand your ground!

Exodus 14: But Moses answered the people, “Fear not! Stand your ground,
and you will see the victory the LORD will win for you today." - We too can be like the Israelites: We may have struggled for years, we may feel that we have been enslaved to a situation of the past, maybe our past actions have caught up to us and now we are paying the price. But God wills to intervene. We make a step or two with Him, but then we quickly begin to see the difficulties of walking with God and we look back and think, "Hey, our past wasn't so bad. I don't want to change!". Ahhh, yes, this is the moment that Moses spoke up. "Fear not! Stand your ground! Remember, you were in misery, you cried to the Lord, so now, your Lord is with you, Christ is here! Stand your ground! Your Victory is nearer than you think! Do not look back at your misery and think it your glory, this is a deception from Satan to keep you enslaved. Come, walk with me a bit further, the glory of God is closer than when we first began. True freedom is freedom from sin, freedom from a troubling past, freedom from Satan, freedom from attachments to the new craze that is here today and gone tomorrow. In Jesus is our Life, our Way, and the only truth that brings lasting peace and justice to us, our community, our nation and our world." FEAR NOT, I AM WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES - JESUS