trusting god in the extreme moments
Exodus 14:15
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest to me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward”.
In the Bible we found countless passages where the servants of God faced situations of extreme dangers. Situations where there was not any human possibility of liberation.
Happily these are the situations in the ones which God more it likes to intervene. There no there is any space for the "me" of the man to come to the surface. He doesn't import him as the man says that it trusts God, in the great majority of the times he looks for his own capacity first to liberate of danger situations.
We will see some people's examples that, going by extreme situations of danger and fights trusted God and they were victorious:
Moses – In the chapter 14 of the book of the Exodus, Moses is driving the people in his exit of Egypt when it arrives to the margins of the Red Sea and he looks back and he sees to Pharaoh and his army coming in persecution. There was not to flee where. No matter how much Moses thought didn't get to see any liberation possibility, the people began complaining. It was there that Moses made the first right thing: he "shouted
Elijah – I Kings' book tells a man's history that all call prophet, but that the Bible just presents as "the tishbite." Elijah was not a prophet, it was not of the school of prophets, he was a man of the people that saw her in an extreme situation. He could not accept that whole idolatry that saw amid his people. Bitter with this it faced until the King Ends. Quite only, Elijah faced a perverse king, an idolatrous queen, a strange god's 850 prophets, all of them against "disturbing" Elijah. However this man was in the presence of God, moved by an unconformity eats idolatry situation that the people were, it seemed madness, but Elijah faced all and he saw the power of God show, he saw the fire of the sky to go down and to consume the whole adoration offer that he had prepared for God. Elijah entrusted that God would accomplish the words that were described in the book of the law and, same tends to pass for an extreme situation, it was not embarrassed, God honored him.
Jesus – Another that lived by an extreme situation in his life was Jesus. In Getsêmani we can see all the affliction that patrolled Jesus' heart, because he knew what awaited him. Regretting great torment, sweating great drops of blood Jesus clamored the Father that made to pass of him that chalice, but he trusted enough God to face his same future knowing what waited him in the cross. God didn't answer him and Jesus knew a lot albeit the work that He came to accomplish had to go until the end, but God was to his/her side. Jesus put to service of the Father and it continued in his walk heading for the humanity's salvation being honored largely by the Father after having demonstrated his trust.
We could mention many other, because the Bible is full of examples like this. Paulo did face all the fights that he had for the front without having as understanding. He was put in the hands of God to do his will, without retreating, without discouraging, he marched towards the objective that the Father had drawn for him, same knowing that would die for love to God to who served with so much love. Daniel that faced with all their forces the hole of the lions, but it didn't move back knowing that could die. He trusted God in spite of everything what seemed him/her unfavorable. He saw the name of God to be exalted by the king's mouth that had played him there. Sadraque, Mesaque and Abedenego that even in the imminence of they will stop in the furnace didn't retreat, they could not discourage, to give up God and of the love that you had for Him, if they didn't matter if they would die or not. God honored walking them inside with them of the furnace and it honored them largely.
They are examples as these that encourage us to continue. The fight is big, continue. The battle is big, continue struggling. The storm is larger than you, don't discourage. Know that his God is much larger than any fight, any battle and any storm. He is God who the wind and the sea obey, that he walks in the furnace with you, that he closes the mouth of the lions inside of the hole, that sends His angel to get rid when it arrives the right moment.
Know how to await patiently. Wait in God, you won't die until seeing accomplished in your life, all of the promises that the Mister he dreamed for you!
See you!
Elias Eloy
Restoring Paths Ministry
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