When Your Backs Against The Wall - Be Still

"Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still." - Exodus 14:13,14

The Israelites backs were up against a wall. With the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptians behind them, quickly closing in, they took their eyes off what God had promised. They began panicking and accusing the one God had chosen to lead them out of the bondage they were in.

How many times do I do the same thing? God will open my eyes to a new direction he wants to take me or he reveals to me a new level of trust or commitment. All I have to do is believe his truth and follow his leading. Instead, I take my eyes off what God has shown me, doubt his voice and question his leading.

While I look at all the obstacles that lay between what God has promised and where I am, God is saying, "Trust me." While I am looking back at all the past failures and lost battles, God is saying, "I will fight for you." And there are those words again, "Be Still".

If I will let God provide a way through the obstacles and let him fight the oppositions that arise, I can conquer this enemy and receive all that he has promised.

Father, as you open my eyes to deeper levels of service and commitment, help me not to look at the obstacles, the sacrifices or the opinions of others. Help me to keep my eyes fixed on your promises. You will not ask anything of me that you will not equip me to handle. When the battle is at it's strongest help me to be still and allow you to fight for me.

Psalm 46:10 - Be Still And Know That I Am God

Be....

Exist. Live. Don't quit. Don't give up on life. Continue to be. When it hurts. When you don't         understand where we are going and why, just be.... When nothing makes sense, just be....

Be still....

Don't think. Don't worry. Don't plan. Don't scheme. Don't speak. Don't move. Just be still.

Be still and know....

Understand. Recognize. Be aware. Be convinced. Bring to mind. Remember.

Be still and know I am....

I exist. I am real. I am living. I am here, right now, right here where you are.

Be still and know that I am God.

All powerful. The same yesterday, today and forever. Your comforter. Your peace. Your healer. Your friend. Your refuge.

Be still and know that I am God.  I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.
     -Psalm 46:10