By faith

Hebrews 11:29 "By faith the people passed through the red sea as on dry land."

I have had Moses and the Israelites on my mind a lot lately. First with how God had Moses go before Pharaoh and being obedient. Then God caring for us when we cant see because its so dark like he did the Israelites at the red sea. Well tonight God has me thinking about faith.

Its kind of humorous to me when I think about it. I cant Imagine what it must have been like to stand there and have two options. Either Walk through two walls of water or stay on the shore and be captured. What choice did they have but to have faith and go through the opening God created? Hmmm... I think Ill take the created path for 500 Alex!

But if I put myself in their shoes, it become a horse of a different color! Talk about being between a rock and a hard place!! But then again I think, my goodness I would have just seen God part the red sea... might as well!! But still how strange would it have been to literally walk through the sea! God walked on the water and then he parted the water... so surely I would go through. Wouldn't I? But the we see that God had chosen to protect his children. Just like he does me every single day!

But faith isn't always that easy for us and our human nature. I think about Abraham... WHAT FAITH!!! He took Issac up to that place knowing what he had to do. But I have to think that in the back of his mind he had to be thinking, "Uh o! Sara will never forgive me for this one!" or something like, "Boy, Im in the dog house if I do this" or maybe even, "What will the townspeople think and say!" But putting those thoughts aside, he trusted God that no matter what the outcome he was held in the palm of Gods hand and he had to do what he had been told. He didn't know that God as testing his faith. He just trusted and obeyed!! And God provided that ram!!!

I am so amazed in the last few days at the hand of God. There seems like there is so much trouble and turmoil around me, but I look and I am constantly seeing Gods hand at work. I look at how he has worked in James' life in the last few days and I am ecstatic. I look and see how he has changed my life in the last 3 years, and even in the last few weeks he has done some major remodeling to my spiritual life. I am just truly amazed at what God does when we step out and walk by faith not by what we see.

God sends us trials not to break us, but to mold us to the children he would have us to be. He puts us in situations like the Israelites and Abraham to grow us. He already knows how we will react to certain situations and I honestly believe that God brings things our way to teach us to trust him and to show us just how weak we are and how mighty he is! And when we see the beauty of the outcomes in our lives, may we be found giving him the praise and honor and not boasting in ourselves!