Yom Chamishi, Tammuz 27, 6003 – July 12, 2018
In The Moment
When the moments come that try our faith, these are the moments when it is important to remember. By trying our faith, I must pause for a moment to reflect on what that means. For the most part here, in the U.S., we live very different lives from the lives lead by the original members of the church. Going farther back, our lives are possibly even more different from the children of Israel as they marched out of a place of bondage. How we respond to our surroundings and our situation comes from within us. It comes from our heart, as it has for all of us.
Exodus 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Keeping in mind that these people had ten generations (approximately) of destitute slavery, this response was ingrained in them. They forgot all the recent miracles they saw. By that I mean, they did not pause to remember the deliverance of Yahuah (Lord) from all that had been. Moses had a great response to them here.
Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
We all know the rest of the story. God delivered them. It is easy for us reading the pages to wonder why they acted as they did. For us, having heard the end of the story so many times, we do this quick read of the text and don’t think about what it looked like or felt like. We do not even experience it in real time (the same amount of time that they did). We run past that part. It becomes real when something is happening to us.
What we do not realize is what it means to become free. Freedom from bondage is as much mental and spiritual as it is physical, perhaps more. We must be free in our mind and heart before we can ever be free in our bodily experience. The bondage is ingrained into us. The experience of trusting our Father, really trusting Him, is new. If we are to transition from bond to free, we must be willing to accept that our Father is in control. He is the one that parts the waters as we step into them. He is the one that does not allow the waters to overflow us. Freedom comes when we trust in Him and do what He says. The truth is, this all belongs to God and He has everything in control. When we have a close “knowing” deep within us of that fact, that makes us free. The rest then follows.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Today, let’s pause to remember, and be thankful for all that God has done. We know He hears our prayers. We know He is faithful. Let’s move forward in that, with thanksgiving in our hearts.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here in this earth in the hearts of mankind. Let Your will be done here as it is heaven so perfectly. Send us now Your provision that we might use it to promote Your kingdom in the hearts and minds of the people here, and it overflow to them as well. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver us from the evil here. Wipe away all thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us, and in their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. Restore Your people unto You. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all the good that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people. There has been so much that has been done to eat away at what You have given. Restore what the worm has eaten, Father. Bring in quickly the $423,923,962.53 that we might use it to promote the kingdom in the hearts and minds of mankind. We need You, Father. Let us see the parting waters in our lives. Let us know that You are with us still. Speak to our hearts that we might serve You. We ask all these thing in the name of our Messiah YAH Yeshuah (Lord Jesus Christ). Amen.