Get Moving!

“… Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch The Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians (problems, bondages, issues) you see today will never be seen again. The Lord Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” Exodus 14: 13b, 14 NLT

Whatever you are dealing with may be scary. But God says “don’t be afraid.” Why? Because “He Himself is fighting for you!” How do you see God? Is He big enough to handle your problem? Or must you try to figure a way to handle it? Is He God far away up in the sky not close enough to understand or touch what bothers you? No! He is God who is near to you and wants to take care of you and everything that concerns you. It just may not happen the way you want. Your fantasy about how life should be may have to bow to the real world and the True God whom through Jesus Christ took care of everything that can possibly bother or concern us. We have to choose to believe this then to walk it out. The amazing thing is that He Himself is walking it out with you and in ways incomprehensible to your finite mind! His Holy Spirit was sent to continually “be there” for you! For whatever you may be going through, believe it, receive it in your heart and mind; God has got you covered. “His banner over you is Love!” Our powerful God is Himself a Weapon working for you! The passage goes on to say that the problems (the Roz version 🙂 you are dealing with now, are going away and never to return! Can you picture that? Try to. It will help you turn your eyes to Jesus. Sometimes, though, we have to give our problems away. We have to decide to give them to God, to accept that Jesus already won the battle and the war for us and that we can move on. In the 15th verse the Lord actually says to Moses, “tell the people to get moving!” This could be spiritual, mental, emotional, geographical, or physical. For you, it could be one or more of these possibilities. Don’t just stand there! Do something! Make a move! It could be a prayer, a declaration, a change, restructure, a literal move, or a letting go of…. Your time is here. God is fighting this thing so you can let it go! And trust with full belief that He will turn it together for good! Lastly, He says, in all your doing and dealing with this problem “just stay calm.” Being calm is essential. One, it says that we are trusting God who is way bigger than our problem. Two, God knows the effect that stress has on the soul (mind, will & emotions) and the door that it opens to the enemy of our souls. It is important to recognize stress and make it stop! It’s on you. (PS I wrote a book, Stress Indication Test, to help you determine your stress level then to give you recommendations as to how to alleviate it.) God wants you to feel His Presence which is full of peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. He shows us how to live in righteousness to have that peace and joy. When we choose to believe, receive and walk out this truth, we can all proclaim together:
“This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in my eyes!” Matthew 12: 42b