Between a Rock and a Wet Space | 11:00

Most of us, we don't need a miracle. We don't need a part in the Red Sea. We just need a memory. We just need to remember who god is and what he's already done in our lives. What he did a year ago, what he did yesterday. So whenever you find yourself between pharaoh and a wet place, preach god's history in your life back to yourself. Do not let fear rewrite God's story. [00:54:37] (34 seconds)  #RememberGodsFaithfulness

It's because what is urgent always feels more real than what's eternal. What is urgent always feels more real than what's eternal. The Red Sea was visible. The chariots were audible. God's promises, they were a little more ambiguous. I had to recall what he had just told me. I had to recall what he has done in the past. [00:50:42] (27 seconds)  #EternalOverUrgent

But let's be honest. Most of us, we're waiting for the sea to open before we move while God's waiting for us to move before he opens the sea. And yet once they stepped out in faith, God stepped in with power, and he provided a strong easterly wind according to scripture and he divided the waters and he dried up the ground and here is what we need to get. When god calls us forward, obedience is faith in motion that steps out that allows god to step in. [01:03:37] (36 seconds)  #StepOutInFaith

God's allowing these or orchestrating these circumstances because he wants to do something in your life to cause you to depend on him. That means you're not stuck. You're just being positioned. And so when you find yourself between pharaoh and a wet place, don't panic. Don't don't allow fear to rewrite your story. Don't attempt to move ahead of god. Remember who led you there. Stand firm. And when he speaks, move. Because what may look to you right now like an unexpected situation may actually be the very place god has placed you placed you to display his power and presence in your life for your good and for his glory. [01:11:52] (48 seconds)  #PositionedNotStuck

We often want to choose a route that seeks to avoid difficulty to allow us to handle things without God. While God wants to put us on a course that forces us into a crisis of dependence so that we have to trust him always and in always. See, while Israel could only see geography, God saw glory and they're good. When they had nowhere left to run, God opened a way where there was no way. When escape was impossible, God was undeniable. [00:44:21] (38 seconds)  #GodMakesAWay

Israel didn't lose faith because god failed them. They lost faith because the present felt louder than the past. So even though the past was just yesterday, they gave in. They allowed their panic. They allowed their fear to shape their theology instead of allowing their theology to shape their circumstances. Did you catch that? See, what should happen is is our theology should be the filter of everything in our life so that we can filter out what's of god, what's not of god. [00:52:16] (35 seconds)  #PastFaithOverFear

It means praying instead of pacing, waiting instead of forcing, remembering instead of panicking. It's the quiet decision not to send the text, not to quit your job, not to make idle threats, not to emotionally check out just to relieve the pain and the pressure. Standing firm is active refusal to let fear set the direction of your life, but instead to allow God to work even when it seems nothing is moving. [00:58:48] (31 seconds)  #PrayDontPanic

It's because god rarely explains himself before he reveals himself. He rarely explains himself before he reveals himself. You are not in a tight spot because God's trying to punish you. You're in a tight spot because God is trying to posture and position you for what he's wanting to do in your life. So remember remember that god has led you where you are. Second, and this one's so so essential. Don't let fear edit god's story in your life. [00:47:56] (37 seconds)  #TrustBeforeUnderstanding