Red Sea

psamls 106 8-12 (the message)

   He rebuked the Red Sea so that it dried up on the spot 
      —he paraded them right through! 
      —no one so much as got wet feet! 
   He saved them from a life of oppression, 
      pried them loose from the grip of the enemy. 
   Then the waters flowed back on their oppressors; 
      there wasn't a single survivor. 
   Then they believed his words were true 
      and broke out in songs of praise. 

tonight i went to the chapel service at Meadows Fellowship. Pastor Ron talked about the Red Sea and the Isrealites and how they had to cross it. We talked about how the Red Sea now days is like the obstacles that keep us from being who God created us to be and the promises he has for us. But as i read this i was reminded that God is good. Simple i know, but i think we often forget that. We focus so much on whats right in front of us & the circumstances we're in and we think -wow God must hate me, or why is He doing this to me- rather than knowing that He already made a way for us and trying to figure out what He's trying to do in us at that moment. The psalm says that not even their feet got wet! He made a way for them to cross and not even their feet got wet! I dont know why but that makes everything inside of me jump! Well ok i know why, it just shows me that he cares and that He is good. Not only did he deliver them and make a way out he made it so they weren't even touched. How much so does he do that for me, for you? 

Another thing that really hit me was where it says the water flowed over all their oppressors and not a single survived. Now usually when i would have read that I would tend to think yeah God is gonna get everyone that has it out for me. But this time when i read it the revelation i got is thats what he did when Jesus died for me. When he sent his son and Jesus hung on that cross, he created a bridge between me and God but not only that, he overcame everything for me. I, you, everyone now has freedom. like total and complete freedom. He overcame every thing i could ever possibly deal with. He broke every chain. He gave a way out from depression, addiction, hurt, bondage.. whatever you can think of, right then and there he made a way out. Just like how God took out every single egyptian that was against the Isrealites. I've been given total and complete freedom, infact we all have, why don't we walk in it? Instead we look at our circumstances, our Red Sea and we think that there's no way out or that God is mad at us and Hes not going to provide a way out, but the fact is he already has and are we going to trust Him. Hes a good God, Hes going to make sure that not even your feet get wet! i think we need to have a perspective change! We need to learn to stop begging for freedom because we already have it we just need to walk in it! 

ok well sorry if that doesnt make sense but well its on my mind =]