Learning To Stand

..."Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today...."

 

Exodus 14:13

The Israelites had just left 400 years of slavery in Egypt upon fleeing to the desert, but they had come to a dead end at the Red Sea. Word reached them that Pharaoh had changed his mind and that he was sending his troops to recapture the Israelites. They cried out to their leader—Moses—complaining that he had brought them that far only to die in the desert.

Learning when to move and when to stand is the greatest challenge for us as believers. We are trained for action, but we are not trained to sit and wait. We are trained to solve problems, not wait for them to resolve themselves.

 

However, God says there are times to wait.

 

We are to wait until God says go and if we go before He says go, we likely will make our situation worse or miss out on the blessings He has in store for us. If the Israelites had attempted to cross the Red Sea before it parted, they would have drowned. If they had fled north to try to avoid the Egyptians, God would not have moved in a miraculous way.

 

It is obvious then, that God cannot work on our behalf if we continually try to solve our problem when He has instructed us to stand still. Standing still is sometimes the greatest action we can do, although it is the most difficult thing for us to do at times.

Stand still when God says stand and see the deliverance that the Israelites experienced by waiting and standing fast in faith knowing that He will accomplish that which He has for you!