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Monday, October 2, 2017

Mystery of the Way Forward


“And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:”
Exodus 14:15

This is the secret of the way to go when we face problems, obstacles, mountains, and challenges. It is said that God’s children do not have problems, but faces problems. Since light and darkness are not facing the same directions, they both move in opposite directions. Being the light of the world because they belong to Jesus, Children of God moves in the opposite direction to the movement of darkness.

 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
John 8:12

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16

When there is storm, troubles all around, pain and sickness all around, a Kingdom citizen goes forward towards the leading of the Holy Spirit. The way forward is sometimes forward head on against the storm.

“But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.”
Exodus 14:9-10

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:”
Exodus 14:15

“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.”
Exodus 14:21-22

“And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.”
Exodus 14:25-28

It was the same wind that blew apart the sea for the Israelites to pass through the Red Sea that blew over the sea to destroy their enemies. The Egyptians were being rewarded for what they had done to the sons of the Israelites when Moses was born. The armies of Egypt were drowned just the way they drowned the innocent Israelite babies.

Here, we see that God gave Israel victory by telling them to go forward because they were being led by God’s servant, Moses. When you are following the leading of the Holy Spirit, every sea shall make way, and every mountain that stands before you shall be made plain.

“When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.”
Isaiah 43:2-3

“Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.”
Zechariah 4:6-7

However if a child of God has missed it, the way forward is the way backwards to where the steps had been missed while on the right path. Hence, the saying, “The way forward is the way backward”. When you miss your way in the journey of life, the way forward is in tracing back your steps to the exact point that you missed it, and then reconnect back to God’s path for your life. That is the way forward in destiny fulfillment. The speed at which you are moving is irrelevant if you are on the wrong path. The faster you move, the farther you are from God’s ordained path for your life. Here, the only way forward is turning back to where you left God, and there you will find Him ready to lead you on the right path to your destination.

“And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.”
Luke 2:45-46

When the parents of Jesus lost Him, they had to trace back their steps to where they left Him to locate Him. Here, the way forward is the way back to where they lost Him.

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