Warriors Arise: November 2, 2021
Exodus 13:17-22 (NKJV) Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt...20 So they took their journey from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
What do you do when you get your breakthrough? You follow God's plan. The Children of Israel could have gone a different way to the Promised Land, but God was leading them away from war. I have heard a number of people preach on the fact that they could have gone a different way to the Promised Land and it would have taken them only two weeks. Sometimes it is not about how fast you get somewhere, but that you get there safely. This fact alone proves God didn't want die His people to die in the dessert. If He did, He could have let the Philistines kill them and then He didn't have to.
How many times did the Children of Israel complain and make the statement that God brought them out into the dessert to kill them. Yet, Moses records why God brought them this way. He did not want them to enter the land of the Philistines. He did not want them to enter into a battle they were not prepared for. He knew that if they were to face the Philistines in battle they would die. They were not ready. They had been slaves all of their lives, not warriors.
God can free us from the bondage we were in; however, He still wants to guide us to our Promised Land. He knows what and who we need to avoid in order to get to the Promised Land. As we have finished the 21 day breakthrough in the live videos on facebook, we now are taking the 30 days of November to learn to walk in, fight for and embrace the freedom God has given us. Today is simple.
Seek God's direction:
His "how-to"
Ask Him, "What is next?"
Ask Him, "Where to go?"
Trust His answer. Embrace what He says to do with your mind, with your will and with your emotions. Yield to God's control. It isn't that you can't think, can't make something happen, or have the stability needed. It is that you can't see what He sees around the next corner, up ahead, i.e. the Philistines waiting to take you out and send you back to where you came from. There are some battles the Lord will allow you to fight because it is for training but others He will have you avoid because the timing is not right, you and I aren't ready. Think about it, if they were to fight in this battle unprepared they would most likely be killed, which is what we were freed from in our 21 days of breakthrough, John 10:10. The thief comes to steal , kill and destroy but Jesus comes to give life and life more abundantly. If the Philistines did not kill the Children of Israel then they would take them as slaves. So what good would it do for them to have been freed from being slaves in Egypt to become slaves to thePhilistines? It wouldn't have not any good! It wasn't God's plan. He did not free you from one form of bondage in October for you to be in bondage to something else in November.
Father, I will follow Your plan. You are faithful. I have freedom from the lies of the enemy and those things that have haunted me for years. I know I am free because of Your love for me. You have something better for me and I will follow Your plan. I will not allow the enemy to lead me into another form of bondage. I will walk in the freedom and what You given me. You have set me free and I will be free. I will follow Your lead and do as You have instructed. I do not know why You have selected this path for me, but I do know that I can trust the one who has set me free. I couldn't get my freedom, but You sent Jesus to pay the price for me. I couldn't get my breakthrough except through Your power, because of Your love and in following You. I will not remaining the land of bondage. I will not go my own way which might lead me to death or back into being a slave for someone else. I will follow You in Jesus name amen.
A Warrior in the Lord’s Army,
Veridee Joy Hand
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