Stand Still...He Is Fighting For You
Make no mistake there are times God expects us to take action, but there are also times that He says..."watch this"
What ever your going through, stand still and watch God do what only He can do. He is fighting for you!
....Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord , which he will shew to you to day...... The Lord shall fight for you....
Exodus 14:13a-14a
The Greatest Compliment
Without a question the greatest compliment would be for one of our children or anyone we influence to ask us...What does this mean? The reason they ask is because we have lived out Godliness and scripture so much that their curiosity takes over.
And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What does this mean?....
EXODUS 13:14a
We are his covenant people, by the covenant of the cross and the glorious gospel. Just as the children of Israel were remembered by God, we too have the promise that he will never leave us not forsake us (Heb. 13:5).
When the children of Israel were in a hard place, they groaned and cried out and God heard them (Gen.2:23-25).
If your in a difficult place today....Cry Out To God!
So often we talk as if we have all power and wisdom ignoring the reality of the glory of our Great God. Listen to what Joseph said when he could have easily taken the credit.
Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when Joseph shaved himself and changed his clothes [making himself presentable], he came to Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you that you can understand a dream and interpret it.” Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me [to interpret the dream]; God [not I] will give Pharaoh a favorable answer [through me].” Genesis 41:14-16
Sold into slavery by his own brothers, wrongfully slandered and put in prison....What would my reaction have been? (Gen.37,40) Probably something like this would have been my "patient Godly" answer:
"I'll show them who's wrong"
"When I'm finished with you..."
"Where is my attorney"
"One day it will come back on your head you idiots"
"I hope you fall over dead, and buzzards eat your eyeballs"
Wow I am so spiritual. Oh my I have a lot to learn, how about you?
You can't get much closer than when your wrestling. I did a little wrestling many years ago when I was young and flexible. Wrestling is hard, painful and exhausting, but rewarding. We often look at Jacob's experience in Genesis 32 in the negative sense yet in reality he was a close to God in that moment as one could possible be. Are you wrestling with God today? If so, realize God is so intently interested in your life that He wants to get close to you and show you His great power and speak to you face to face. He is strengthening you, teaching you and if you walk away with a limp, praise God, He touched you!
So Jacob named the place Peniel (the face of God), saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life has not been snatched away.” GENESIS 32:30
How Awesome Is This Place!
Note Jacob's response when he realized he had been in the presence of the Lord. Have we become desensitized to the glory of the presence of God?
And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
Genesis 28:12-13, 16-17
