Marvelous Monday

Since I just did a song post on Friday, this "Marvelous Monday" will be a little more life application that I got from yesterday's message at Coastal Community Church.

If you remember my last life application post (here), we have been studying Moses and how the Lord delivered the Israelites from Egypt. The scripture references I shared told how the Israelites were trapped between the Red Sea and the Egyptians who were coming after them. The Israelites were terrified and cried out to the Lord, wondering why He had brought them here to die if they could have just died in Egypt. Then, the Lord performed the miracle of parting the Red Sea, allowing them to pass through and then bringing the waters in on the Egyptians. 

Yesterday we were in Numbers 13+14, further into the story where the Lord is leading the Israelites to the Promised Land. Along the way they are faced with yet another obstacle. People that they viewed as "giants". (Our Pastor described them as Shaquille O'Neal's children LOL) The Israelites AGAIN cried out to the Lord, wondering why He had brought them here if they were just going to die.

As I was listening to this story I thought to myself, these people have just experienced these exact feelings earlier when they were stuck between the Red Sea and the Egyptians. The Lord delivered them by parting the Sea and now here they are again whining and complaining and questioning the Lord?! What is wrong with them?!

....oh wait, I do that every single day. 

I would like to think that if it were that "surreal" of the Lord parting waters right in front of my eyes that I would never question or doubt Him ever again, but we all know that isn't true. 

We are human. We are sinful. 

Here are a few points he made during the message...

- You can't follow the Lord if you don't trust where He's leading you

(he also made the comment, not only can you not follow if you don't trust - but you won't)

- Uncertainty will either result in fear or peace

- Sometimes God shows us the road will be hard so He can reveal His Glory

- We look at the size of the challenge while God looks at the purpose

Whether it's our jobs, our health, our finances, our family, our relationships - whatever the case may be, we will always face uncertainty, trials and tribulations. But if in those moments we take the time to trust the Lord and remember the countless times of our past that He has always been there for us and delivered us, those times of struggle might just be a little bit easier than if we tried to solve it all on our own. 

In closing, I just wanted to share this Scripture, which I'm sure we all know, but I really loved how this version expressed it...

"Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He's the one who will keep you on track."

Proverbs 3:5-6