Before The Miracles...

Prayer is a great thing. Meditating upon God’s word is a great thing. Resting on the Lord’s timing is a great thing. Trusting God to do His work is a great thing. Enjoying the movement of the Holy Spirit is a great thing. But there is a time to just ‘move out’! Many great Christians seem to miss that cue…
“God said to Moses, why cry out to me? Speak to the Israelites. Order them to get moving. Hold your staff high and stretch your hand out over the sea.” Exodus 14:15-16
This Egyptians were charging, there was no place to run and the Israelites were in a panic. You would think that would be a great time for prayer. At least that what Moses thought. He sounded brave, but he quickly ducked into his tent to offer up a panic prayer. God’s response to him was blunt and abrupt. Why is it that humanity instinctively misreads the day of action? We can see so many other spiritual seasons as they approach, but we overlook the season of movement. But be sure of this; as truly as there is a day of prayer, there is a day for some old fashioned, roll up your sleeves, put the pedal to the medal…ACTION! We just have to be able to hear God say, ‘move em out’, or our obedience will remain ill-formed and our future remain under-achieved. Did you notice that Moses had to get the people moving toward the water even before he was told to part the sea? Interesting isn’t it. The call to ‘move out’ comes first…EVEN BEFORE THE MIRACLE STUFF. ~verlon