Isaac Boluwatise

When you are confronted by the pressures of life, let your eyes be in Jesus and the things of this world will grow light and dim in the light of His glory and grace. You do not have to be anxious when confronted by life’s situation.

Bible Reading: Ex 15:22-27; Phil 4:6

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You don’t have to be anxious, neither do you have to complain. The failure of the children of Israel when confronted by the need of water was expressed in their anxiety and complaints against Moses.

They were anxious, whereas it was unnecessary. Anxiety only takes place when attention is more on things than on God. To be anxious means to be troubled with cares; to look out for things or to seek to promote one’s interests. Devotion must be to God and not to self or to to things, Matt 6:25-34; and devotion to God cannot only be when things are okay.

If you do not learn to put your trust in God through prayer, supplication and thanksgiving, anxiety will come and it will lead to complaints.

The children of Israel complained against Moses; whereas as their leader he was not their God. In Hebrew language, to complain means to stop overnight or to stay permanently. Their complaint indicates that they were no longer progressing with God. The negative sense of these meanings is seen when you relate them with the idea of being obstinate. Their complaint was a reaction and an affront against God. Someone has rightly said, “The wise responds, the otherwise reacts”.
Their complaint was a simple “What shall we drink?”. Nothing ordinarily was wrong with the statement except for the fact that it was a complaint. Would it not have been better as a prayer unto God?

When you are confronted by the pressures of life, let your eyes be in Jesus and the things of this world will grow light and dim in the light of His glory and grace. You do not have to be anxious when confronted by life’s situation.

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God’s grace works with God’s word to help put your life in order so as not to fail when life’s tests come.

Bible Reading: Ex 15:22-27

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The children of Israel were at this point tested with lack of water and lack of good water

They lacked water. “And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.” They were subjected to dehydration, tension, anxiety and nervousness. They were quiet but tensed. May be tomorrow morning, some thought at the close of the first day. Imagine how tensed, anxious and nervous they must have become by the third day

The also lacked good water. Imagine the disappointment on the third day. “Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.” Imagine the excitement at the sight of water, but then it was bad water. The water was bad because it was of a low quality and standard; bad because it was bitter and bad because it was not fit for consumption.

What happens to you when you look for what you need and cannot find it?

How does it feel and what would you do when you think you’ve got the needed solution and it turns out it isn’t one?

The Israelites in their situation complained.

They failed in their situation simply because they refused to abide with the word that God has spoken to them. God’s grace works with God’s word to help put your life in order so as not to fail when life’s tests come.

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God will not tempt you with evil or make solicitations for you to do evil. He will test you to prove you before you will move to the next level in the rungs of life’s ladder

Bible Reading: Ex 15:22-27; 1 Cor 10:1-3

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God do test His people.

The word test means to prove. Trials put faith to proof. The integrity of faith is unknown until proven.

The test could be an outright arrangement of the Lord just like when He tested Abraham, Gen 22:2. The test could also be a divine utilisation of existing situation to test his people. Jam 1:3; 1Pe 1:6-7

Realise that though you have them coming from the same situation, test is distinguished from temptation.

Test is for proving you so as to move you forward while temptation is for pulling you down so as to mess your journey; test is from God while temptation is from the devil, Jam 1:13

God will not tempt you with evil or make solicitations for you to do evil. He will test you to prove you before you will move to the next level in the rungs of life’s ladder. His plan is for you to pass.

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… “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.” Ex 15:26

Bible Reading: Ex 15:22-27; 1 Cor 10:1-3

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Going the wilderness way is like going from trouble to trouble, whereas that is where there is need for one grace after the other, Jn 1:17. Imagine just coming through both the victory over the Red Sea and the burial of the Egyptians in it; Israel can only be confident and excited. While they were contemplating on the victory just won and enjoying some respite; praising and worshipping God for the miracles, another challenge popped up.

God will optimise situations to test or prove you in your journey. In the tests, God is not expecting you to react frivolously. A way out of frivolous reactions is to know that every word from God is to put your life in order. In as much as you adhere to His word you will enjoy his blessings instead of failing His tests.

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No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Cor 10:13

Bible Reading: Exo 14:15-23
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There in nothing coming your way that will be too much for you. The word of God says that. You may think it is too much for you but the word calls it common. It may not be exactly the same as your challenge, but the affliction of the same intensity and purpose is happening to your brethren all over the world.

The challenge that may be beyond you are the ones that will never be in your path; the Lord will lead you around them; they will not be in your direct path to the future. Every other ones that you face are those which you must conquer or bear as you stand strong in the grace of God which is within you.

No weight-lifting athlete ever receives the applause or the medal until he has been able to lift up and stand strong under the weight. To accomplish this you must be decisive about conquering or finishing your race, Heb 12:1-2. You can do that by flinging off you every superfluous and extra weight or luggage that you don’t need for the journey and every sin that easily distracts or that troubles persistently. These are speed killers and race destroyers. God will not deal with these for you; you will, however not by might nor by power but as you stand strong in His grace.

The example of Christ is there for everyone that we must look away from these light afflictions and allow them to work within us a far more eternal weight of glory.

A man only gets crowned after he must have conquered.

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