How To Cross The Red Seas In Your Life

II. MOSES DID NOT ALLOW HIS FEAR TO CONTROL HIS FAITH!

NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAY BE FACING, PLEASE BELIEVE THAT GOD HAD A PLAN OF DELIVERANCE FOR YOU. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IN THE 17TH VERSE…LOOK AT HOW EVEN PHAROAH WAS DECEIVED INTO THINKING THAT HE COULD DEFEAT GOD’S PEOPLE! GOD USED THE HARDNESS OF PHAROAH’S HEART TO LEAD HIM TO MAKE TAKE ACTIONS THAT WOULD PUT PHAROAH AND HIS ARMY IN A POSITION THAT GOD COULD GET THE HONOR AND GLORY OUT OF THIS WHOLE CONFRONTATION! WHEN WE ARE SURROUNDED WITH DIFFICULTIES AND DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WE SHOULD FEAR NOT AND STAND STILL. THE RESTLESSNESS OF THE HUMAN HEART OFTEN CAUSES US TO RUSH AHEAD WITHOUT GOD. WE CANNOT DRY UP THE RED SEAS IN OUR LIVES OR ANNIHILATE THE HOSTS OF EGYPTIANS WHO PLAGUE US. WE NEED GOD! AND WE MUST MOVE WITH HIM-NOT IN FRONT OF, OR BEHIND- BUT WITH HIM. REMEMBER………GOD WILL DO WHATEVER HE PLEASES TO NOT ONLY FIGHT FOR US, BUT TO ASSURE THAT THE VICTORY BELONGS TO HIM. ISAIAH REMINDS US “ BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD, SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH ; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY AND THEY SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT.” (ISA. 40:31)

III. MOSES ACTED ON WHAT GOD TOLD HIM. (EX. 14:13-16)

NOTICE SOMETHING HERE! AS MOSES PRAYED…HIS DELIVERANCE DIDN’T COME UNTIL HE MOVED TOWARDS THE CHALLENGE. (JUST AS THE HEBREW BOYS WERE NOT DELIVERED UNTIL THEY HAD GONE INTO THE FIRE!)

GOD IS GREAT IN HIS MERCY. HE OPENS THE WAY FOR HIS PEOPLE TO WALK IN FAITH.

A. WHEN GOD SPEAKS WE MUST GO FORWARD

1. GO FORTH IN PRAYER…………MATT 7:7

2. GO FORTH IN EVANGELISM…..MATT. 4:19

3. GO FORTH IN TEACHING……....2 TIM. 3:16

4. GO FORTH IN STEWARDSHIP….MATT 3:10

5. GO FORTH IN SERVITUDE……..MATT. 28:19-20

B. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’S. HE FIGHTS FOR US. GOD KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT AND TO WIN THE BATTLE. HE CAN SEND HAIL FROM HEAVEN..JOSH 10:11

2. HE CAN MAKE THE EARTH OPEN UP AND SWALLOW THE ENEMY! (NUMBERS 16:31)

3. HE CAN LOOSE THE ANGEL OF DEATH TO DESTROY ALL NIGHT…..2 KINGS 19:35

LOOK AT HOW GOD MOVED! GOD DIRECTED MOSES AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL TO BE BY THE RED SEA…BECAUSE GOD PLANNED TO USE THE RED SEA TO DESTROY THE EGYPTIANS. ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD TO DO WAS OBEY GOD. GOD HAD ALREADY WON THE VICTORY. AND TODAY. THE BATTLE IS STILL THE LORD’S.

1. MOSES BELIEVED EVERYTHING GOD SAID.

2. MOSES DID NOT ALLOW HIS FEAR TO CONTROL HIS FAITH

3. THEN HE ACTED ON WHAT GOD TOLD HIM.

AFTER GOD DELIVERED THEM CHAPTER 15 RECORDS THE SONG OF PRAISE THEY LIFTED UP FOR THEIR DELIVERANCE!

JESUS WENT TO CALVARY, WAS CRUCIFIED AND RESURRECTED TO OPEN UP THE REA SEAS OF OUR LIVES SO THAT WE COULD GET TO THE PROMISED LAND. DO YOU HAVE A SONG OF PRAISE? YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE BATTLE IS OVER, YOU CAN SHOUT NOW! OR ARE YOU STILL WAITING ON THE BANKS OF YOUR OWN RED SEA? BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS, DON’T ALLOW YOUR FEARS TO OVERTAKE YOU AND CONTROL YOUR FAITH, AND THEN GO FORTH IN HIS NAME!