In my last blog, I mentioned all the things that my family has been going through some hard times. Part of that includes a brain tumor and cancer treatment for my dad. Doctors had given him a time frame and sent him home to “get things in order” as he prepared to start treatment. Having already walked through all the initial feelings that those words entail with my youngest child, I found myself going back to all of God’s previous promises. Words, scriptures and promises that God gave me to help me process when my daughter was given an open-ended time frame. But those were promises for a different time, a different walk and a different miracle.
As I laid in bed last week, praying and thanking God for a victory I know we already have, He gave me a new vision with a new hope. I do whole heartedly believe that my dad is already healed. I happily proclaim that publicly. You may think that I am crazy or foolish to believe that, but I stand in faith believing that He is still the God of miracles and that it is already finished. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always take the fear or worry along with it. And as I prayed God comforted me in a new way with a new vision.
Moses leading the Israelites through the Red Sea. Now typically when we think of this story in the Bible, we think of Moses holding the staff in front of the waters while it parts with two massive walls of water. We think of the Egyptians closing in behind them, eager to destroy them. But how often do we think of the Israelites themselves? God asked me in the quiet stillness of my room that night, do you not think they were afraid walking through the sea? I thought how it would feel to walk on a muddy sea floor with massive walls of water towering above me with nothing holding it back. How I would probably be distracted from the awe and wonder of it by the fear that those walls would come crashing down and wash me away.
It’s okay to be intimidated or fearful. But we must keep walking. The Israelites kept putting one foot in front of the other until they reached the other side of the miracle. Their feet were once again put on dry land where they could turn to look back with wide eyes in wonder at what God had just done for them. But it wasn’t over yet. You see, the Egyptians were still following. They charged into the Red Sea, eager to use God’s miracle for their own evil desires. But that miracle was not meant for them. Death would not touch His people.
I cling to the promise of this revelation. It is okay to walk in fear, but we must keep walking. It is a choice every day to put one foot in front of the other and with each step a new assurance that God is keeping the water at bay. Every step bringing more hope and conviction for the next. Our faith increasing knowing that we are walking through a miracle. And once we reach the other side, we will turn back with our feet on dry land and watch Him wash away the enemy that was chasing us.
No matter what version of the Red Sea you are walking through, remember that it is okay to be worried but also that you must keep walking. Know that you are amid a miracle and that God will keep the water from crashing down on you. But you must keep walking! I walk in faith knowing that when my family reaches the other side of this Red Sea moment, that we will turn to see Him wash death away! That victory is on the other side of this miracle, but we must keep walking to get there. This is a faith walk.
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