Is it easier TO BELIEVE or TO NOT BELIEVE?
Think about it.
Really think about it
when
DOUBT is right before you
because you see
THE RED SEA
and
you have to cross,
but you don't know how to swim.
BUT then
MOSES parts the RED SEA,
because
THE GOD that
MOSES BELIEVES told
MOSES
that HE would part the sea.
And all MOSES had to do was to
BELIEVE enough
in order to do what GOD asked HIM to do.
Because BELIEVING is
an action of
OBEDIENCE~
"Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground" (Exodus 14:16).
So, what if MOSES DOUBTED GOD?
Would he have raised his staff and stretched out his hand
over the sea to divide the water?
I don't think so,
which would have ruined this great
MIRACLE in the bible.
I am glad that I wasn't MOSES,
as I would have
not only questioned GOD to how HE was going to part the sea,
but I would have had to have 1000 questions answered before
I TRUSTED GOD enough to raise my staff and hands.
In the amount of time it would have taken me to question GOD,
the sea would have been parted
if I just BELIEVED.
RAISE YOUR STAFF AND HANDS AND GOD WILL ______________!
What PROMISE do you need TO BELIEVE GOD for,
or better yet,
Where is DOUBT making you question one of
GOD'S promises for you,
that HE is asking you TO BELIEVE?
Hmm.
You either BELIEVE GOD or you don't.
Do you need to raise your staff and your hands in
THE TOTAL SURRENDER OF BELIEF
so that you WILL EXPERIENCE the parting of your
RED SEA of
Anxiety
Despair
Disappointment
Fear
or
________________.
Well,
GOD parted my RED SEA of DOUBT
by revealing to me that
DOUBT is REBELLION.
Yup,
DOUBT DOUBTS GOD'S WILL.
Let that soak in.
For what if MOSES DOUBTED,
would the RED SEA have swallowed the Israelites?
Hmm.
"For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind" (James 1:6)
Therefore
let's
PUT INTO PRACTICE
CHALK TALK 101~
BELIEVE!
Will you BELIEVE GOD that you will be
FILLED WITH
"THE PEACE OF GOD [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds
in CHRIST JESUS"
if you
PUT INTO PRACTICE HIS WORD that says~
"Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to GOD"
(Philippians 4: 6-7).
What are you ANXIOUS about that you
WILL SURRENDER TO GOD
by BELIEVING
that HIS PEACE WILL
overwhelm you,
despite your RED SEA?
It is so very simple
when we just
"BELIEVE FOR IT"
(listen to the song below)
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