FAITH CAPSULE: Negative confession in the face of confronting challenge is an evidence of fear.

Exodus 14

The reaction of the children of Israel in the face of confronting challenge was negative confession. Exodus 14:10-112, “And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.” Negative confession in the face of confronting challenge is an evidence of fear. Fear not! Have faith and it will cause you to stand still. When there is failure in standing still, you will miss the salvation of God concerning your troubling issue. The children of Israel were under great threat having been delivered from the bondage of over 400 years. With Pharaoh’s army behind and the Red Sea before them, fear gained strength and Moses came under the sharp word and confession of negativity from the children of Israel. Moses responded in Exodus 14:13, “Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.’” It is all about trusting in the Lord. Trusting in the Lord is not having fear, but rather having faith in place. In deed and in truth no one knows what you are going through. With your confronting challenge, it does not seem like there is light at the end of the tunnel. However, the light that is for you is not just at the end of the tunnel; it is rather right with you in your tunnel of challenges. Pharaoh’s army, horses and chariots could not survive the confronting Red Sea that was before the children of Israel. The Red Sea was opened up for the salvation of the children of Israel as recorded in Exodus 14:22, “So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.” The children of Israel did not just go through the Red Sea, but they went through it on a dry ground while Pharaoh’s army could not survive in their pursuit.

Prayer for today: All that has taken a stand to deny you will be destroyed and they will not be able to catch up with you. If you will fear not, have faith and stand still, God will see you through.