Don't pray, act!

 

And the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. Exodus 14:15

In front of them was the sea,  and the enemy was behind them. Going forward would result in drowning in the sea while turning back would result in being captured by the enemy. In that hopeless situation, the Lord commanded Moses not to pray, but to act. The people had to go forward, Moses had to lift up the rod  and stretch his hand over the sea. It was necessary to go forward, to stop or go back would mean defeat, would mean death.

If we entered through the narrow gate, we are walking on the narrow way, and we are on our way to our heavenly home, then we must not stop, or go back, but only move forward. We will be defeated by the enemy if we stop. The Word of God tells us, those who came out of Egypt and Babylon, "Move forward." We must go forward because the Lord opens our way. We must go forward in sanctification, in faith, in love, in obedience to the Word of God.

It was the Lord who divided the sea, but people were not going to sit idle, they had to go  forward. God did the supernatural and the impossible, but the people had to do the natural and the possible.

Moving forward in the spiritual life keeps us safe, the enemy will not reach us if we keep moving forward. There will be obstacles ahead, but the Lord will remove them as soon as we approach them.

 From my diary,

March 1, 2023