Step On The Dry Ground

“and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left

Exodus 14:22

Sometime in 2016, I was working at an organisation where I wasn’t exactly comfortable with my income. I prayed and searched for better opportunities. After about six months of prayer and search, I stumbled on one, did the interview, and in less than one week they made me an offer. It was four times my current earnings but then I started getting cold feet. Why? Suddenly this miracle of getting a job looked too good to be real and started worrying about whether or not I would be the right fit. I created all manner of worse-case scenarios in my head to defend the possibility that I was better off with this job where I had established my presence in the last two years. It was as if God had parted the Red Sea before me, like he did for the Israelites, but I was worried about getting in.  

Speaking of the Israelites, I always wondered how they stepped into the open sea without hesitation; could it have been the fear of the host of Pharaoh coming behind them? The Bible says “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left” (Exodus 14:21-22)

How were they not afraid that the sea could close up at any time, or that any of the sea creatures might extend out onto the dry ground and eat them alive. Yet, they never questioned God’s plan. IInstead, they leaped onto the dry ground in the midst of the sea and walked towards their salvation, trusting that God wouldn’t forsake them.

God will most times not dry up the sea before us, He will make a dry ground out of it by pushing it to the right and to the left with the power of His wind, but the choice to walk in the middle of the sea is ours to make. Peter had a similar experience in Matthew 14, when he saw Jesus walking on water and he said to him, “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” (Matthew 14:28-30)

When Peter took his eye off the path that Jesus had created in the sea and focused on the wind, he began to sink. Interesting! Solomon was right after all, “He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap”. (Eccl 11:4 NKJV)

The lesson is simple: God’s open door doesn’t guarantee the absence of an adversary; it just means that God is with you despite the adversity. Don’t overthink the challenges surrounding a breakthrough God has given you. Just step into it, trusting that He is involved. It could be a business opportunity you have without the capital, but that’s not enough reason to say no. Is it a 50% scholarship? Trust Him for the remaining 50%. Don’t shut God’s open door with fear and unbelief. Step onto that dry ground today. 

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