Don’t be afraid. Just stand where you are and watch how the Lord will rescue you today!

John 14:1-6

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’

Food for thought!

Rejections, defeats, and failures that all of us have experienced can create enough negative feelings to destroy us. It is here that we must be very careful! Often the most painful wounds are not the scars that are outwardly seen, but the hidden wounds deep in the heart. Being hidden, they are often the most dangerous.    

Setbacks in our lives, struggles in the journey, trials that fall across the way, can take the joy out of living. Our faith is weakened, and if we collect enough hurts it will stop us from wanting to press forward. Even success can make someone the target of criticism. Do not let the hurts hurt you! Don't let the troubles trouble you, says Jesus.

This passage stands as a great rock in the Scriptures! If you have accumulated some complications along the way that are sapping your spiritual life, stealing your joy and causing you pain, this passage, if believed and received, is able to restore your joy and peace once again. If your heart is troubled by something or the other, there is help here for you today.  

You believe in God, don't you? If you do, you have a stronghold, a weapon that will bring you through the valleys! Believe that God exists and that He is in absolute control of all events, even in your life. And stubbornly hold onto this trust. In other words, trust your trust. And don't let, don't permit, don't allow your troubles trouble you.

As you know, whatever you focus on multiplies. If you focus on your problems all the time, your problems will look doubled; starve your problems by focussing on Jesus. "Trust in God still, and trust in Jesus." What does this mean? It means not to stop trusting God and trusting him. Even in this current crisis, even this time, trust him. Trust God—be still—no matter what. In quietness and in trust shall be our strength. It is God that will part your Red Sea, it is the Lord that will rescue you from the lion’s den, and it is Him alone that will be with you and protect you in the furnace of affliction.

What we must remember, in our darkest moments of life, is that God has often led us to the very place where we cry out in despair . . . in the midst of a parted Red Sea . . . in the valley where all hope seems gone. And He has done so to teach us a much needed lesson in our walk of faith—we cannot deliver ourselves from a crisis that God himself has orchestrated. Too often, it is by His design that we are in the midst of our overwhelming situation. We so quickly become focused upon the seemingly insurmountable circumstances, instead of our supernatural God. (Cherie Hills).

But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand where you are and watch, and you will see the wonderful way the Lord will rescue you today. The Egyptians you are looking at—you will never see them again. (Exodus 14:13).