Hi fellas! I'm really sorry for posting this so late; this is the devotional for the 4th week of October and I'm currently working on the 5th's and the 1st week of November's. Apologies for the wordiness and the lack of any graphics on this devotional, but I hope that you could take time to read it :) Thanks!
Intro
In the Bible, God is recorded with different names. He is called God the Father, God the Healer, the God of peace, among others. This day, I believe that God wants to manifest in our lives as the God of hope! When everything seems to be crumbling down, He wants to know that there is still hope! And that hope can be found in Him! Why? Because He loves you too much to let you be stuck in your own rout!
The first mention of God as the God of hope is in the New Testament under Romans 15:13. The preceding verse, actually talk about Jesus reigning over the Gentiles’ (us) lives. Now friends, if you put them together, God can now manifest in our lives as the God of hope because of Jesus!
When you surrender everything to Jesus, the God of hope will surely redeem you from your troubles!
Miracle at the Red Sea
When the children of Israel were led out of Egypt, Pharaoh didn’t let them have the easiest way out. He continued pursuing them till the Red Sea. When the Israelis saw that the Egyptians were coming to get them, they were “very afraid”. Guess what they did? They blamed Moses for bringing them out of Egypt to die in the wilderness! Because of fear, they have forgoen the fact that God was with Moses to lead them out of slavery from the Egyptians. But what Moses said at the Red Sea was very interesting. He said, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord...” The following verse says, “The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” And the miracle that God performed after was remembered as one of the most memorable miracles of God in the Bible. God divided the Red Sea and the children of Israel crossed over safely on dry land.
Something interesting was also mentioned in the same chapter. Verse 19 said that the Angel of God was behind them. Do you know that the Angel of God actually speaks of Jesus? Jesus was watching their backs as they moved!
What can we take away from this?
Do you notice how Moses instructed Israel not to be afraid, and asked them to hold their peace? Friends, that is the same thing that God wants us to do as we wait for our hopes to come to fruition! When we are not in ease, it is very easy to see the bad side of things, just like how Israel forgot that God has freed them of slavery. Not only that, we tend to blame others for our circumstances, just like Israel blamed Moses although he did no wrong. So friends, let us hold our peace as God fights for our victory! And how do you do that? By giving prayers to God in all things [Phil 4:13]! Make your prayers known to God and see God’s peace manifest in your hearts!
God also wants you to pay no aention to what is at your back. I believe that is why Jesus [the Angel of God] was standing behind their backs as they moved. God wants you to focus on what’s ahead and forget what has already passed! If you place too much focus on the past, you will try to reason all you can to convince yourself that no good will come in the future. How can you hope then? Surrender everything - past, present and future, to God and see Him work wonders with it!
Lastly, the chapter also talks about how God had Moses “stretch his hand over the sea.” Translate that into real world terms, and God is saying to you to speak faith to your troubles! Jesus said that with faith as small as a mus- tard seed, we will be able to move the mountains. Friends, that is the same thing that God wants you to do! You don’t need to have a great deal of faith to speak to your troubles. With faith even as small as a mustard seed, speak victory over your troubles and see God’s miracle in your situation! Hallelujah!
Thought of the Week: A hope in God is a hope that will never disappoint!
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