Ask God to Part the Waters

What do you do when you’re running as fast as you can go but you’re not sure your fastest is fast enough? Or you’re thinking as hard as you can about solutions only to find none? Or, you’ve lived so long with a particular character flaw, you’re honestly not sure that sin will ever be put under your feet? Or, you have tried to restore your beaten and battered marriage, but you’re out of ideas when it comes to what tool will do the job?

Conservatives rightly critique zero sum game thinking in an economic context. One man’s gain does not imply another’s loss because the total wealth of the system is not fixed. Years ago, my grandfather gave me one of his banana stalks. I stuck it in the ground and soon had more banana stalks than I knew what to do with and plenty to share.

But if God can do that with banana stalks, what might He do with peace, forgiveness, temperance, self-control, and love? Yes, you only have one stalk of patience for the short-comings of your spouse right now. And you have no time in your schedule to get down to Moscow Building Supply and buy any more. But when did you stop believing that God multiplies patience stalks right out of your belly by the Holy Spirit whom He has placed there?

Sarah was short on cash and time, too. She’d reached the end of all the fertility maneuvers she knew of. But that didn’t matter at all when God decided to fill her womb. The capacity of David’s heart wasn’t large enough for him to run in the way of God’s commandments. But that didn’t matter at all when God enlarged it.

If you’re running into rivers that you can’t cross or walls that you can’t scale, that’s nothing to lose heart about. Ask God to part those waters. March around that Jericho with a song in your mouth and look to God to tear it down.

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