Father Knows Best
Our Father God is something else, isn’t He? The way He does things is not always the way we think they should be done. Sometimes I try to simplify Him… but I always back down real quick when I get to thinking like that. Lol.
I mean, seriously—how would you feel if you were Moses being chased by Pharaoh’s army?
Think about it for a moment. There’s Moses in Egypt, causing all kinds of problems for Pharaoh and all the Egyptians who call themselves masters. All those plagues and all that tension—thick as mud. Talk about drama! With that many people, Moses had more drama than you could shake a stick at.
Then Pharaoh finally lets them go, and they flee from Egypt to head out into the desert. But for this moment, they got it made in the shade. A cloud to follow by day, and fire to follow at night.
They were perfectly tucked into the hands of God and on the exact path He wanted them on for their journey. That means they were in the perfect will of God.
So they’re camped at the Red Sea… and somebody runs up with some really bad news. Pharaoh’s army is chasing them again and has them pinned up against the water.
Can you imagine Moses in heaven right now retelling this moment to someone who just arrived and wants to hear the story?
“There I was—all peaceful and everything—thinking, finally I can get some rest. I didn’t have a clue what Father God had planned for us. But I knew by the look on everyone’s faces, we weren’t going to be crossing the Red Sea. Little did I know… lol.”
My point is this: we’re human. We have feelings. We like logic and a nice orderly plan. We don’t enjoy confusion. Most of us don’t wake up in the morning thinking, “Today I’m going to ask the Lord for a Red Sea so I can cross on dry ground!” If we knew what was coming, it might be one of those days we’d want to roll over and sleep through it.
But the Lord doesn’t always tell us what He’s going to do. That’s the mighty awesomeness of Him.
There is nothing He can’t do. And today might be the day He takes care of some of the problems you’ve been carrying. We just need to be careful not to close the door on Him because He might do something spectacular we’re not used to—and we get all nervous about it.
Still… let’s keep building our trust in Him. Let Him do what He needs to do. Let Him take us where we need to go.
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