Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.
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… You've been through a lot of things, and you'll get through this too, but I want to get much more specific today. I'm going to share from Exodus chapter 14, verses 10 through 16, and then one more verse as well. I'll give you the title in just a moment, but read with me here. The people of God are looking forward to a brand new beginning. God has sent them a deliverer named Moses, he has unleashed ten plagues on Pharaoh and the Egyptian households. God's people are no sooner out of Egypt than Egypt starts trying to get back into them. I have found out that it's one thing for you to let Pharaoh go. It's another thing for Pharaoh to let you go. Sometimes Pharaoh lets you go, and you still don't let him go. Sometimes God sets you free from something, but it has an effect in your life. You're thinking, man, I thought I was starting over. I thought this was a fresh beginning for me. …
… You need only to be still. Then the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? You know what to do. Tell the Israelites to plug in the Apple TV. Tell the Israelites to go back to quoting the Word of God. the Israelites to wash their face and move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the waters so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. What I wanted to show you today from the Bible is that the same staff that was on the ground was the staff that was going to work in the water. The reason I wanted you to see that today is because the children of Israel had no point of reference for this Red Sea, had no way of knowing how God was going to do it. you don't either, and you're standing there saying, God, I feel like I've lost it. God, I feel like this is too much. God, I've never been this way before, and I don't know what to do. …
… You need only to be still. Then the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Crossing is no substitute for crossing. You can stand there and cry and get killed, or you can move forward in this season with what you have. The Lord said, Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand. So the Lord says the key to this is going to be what Paul said in Philippians chapter 3, that I am letting go of what's behind me and letting God deal with that. I'm reaching toward what's ahead of me. If you will do this, God will do. The Bible says they had to go through some raging waters, and you have too. Let's just rejoice for a moment in our hearts so you don't have to clap or shout or nothing like that. Just in your own heart, tell the Lord, I know it's amazing what you brought me through. …