In my daily Bible reading, I am reading the story of Moses and leading the Israelites from Egypt, to the Promised Land. Even after years of knowing the story, I'm just now beginning to understand the relationship between Moses and the Lord. What faith it took for Moses to hear from the Lord, even when it appeared Moses wasn't sure that the Lord's plan was working!!!  How many of us live like that today? We hear what God is telling us, but yet, we doubt that it will come to pass because we are looking for the "quick fix".

Exodus 14:14 " The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."

When I first read that verse, I thought, "wow, maybe that's what my problem has been...I'm too busy moving around while the Lord is trying to help me!"  To some, maybe the scripture doesn't make any sense, but take a look, I mean a really, really, hard look....study it and let God speak to you through that scripture. To me, it's not saying, "by the way, just sit there and do nothing", but to listen to the Lord, let Him fight for you, let Him hear your requests.

God is equipped to fight for us in the Heavens and He equipps us here on earth with His word. We are to trust that He knows what is best for us, even when we think we know what's best for us! 

Let me put this in while I'm thinking about it.....my purpose for this blog is to not only inspire, but to witness to those who may think that Jesus has forgotten them or that their life has lost its purpose. I'm here to tell you that first, Jesus will NEVER leave you, nor forsake you (Deut.31:8). We are the ones that leave Him. We want to do our own thing, so that we can get a quick result; but when things don't go the way WE planned, who do we cry out to?  Jesus!!!  How that must make Him feel...that we don't trust Him enough to let go and let HIM!!

Okay, now back to Moses....(I'll try to tie this all together...lol).....everytime that the Lord instructed Moses to approach Pharaoh with a decree, Moses would reply with, "But what if he doens't listen?"   The Lord knew what He was doing, even though Moses' faith was shaky. As I read and reread the story, I am understanding why the Lord continued to hardened Pharaoh's heart.......to prove that He was in charge and to show Moses that when we follow Him, the results are amazing!!

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