Faith Capsule: The outstretch hand of God is what makes a way where there is no way.

Exodus 14

When God called on Moses for the deliverance of the Israelites from the bondage of over four hundred years, God gave His word that never return back void stating, “But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go.” (Exodus 3:19-20) With God, there is mighty hand and there is outstretch hand. It can be agreed that the mighty hand of God brought forth miracles and wonders that are familiar to man while the outstretch hand brings forth unimaginable miracles and wonders that have never been seen in the history of creation. Indeed, Pharaoh and his team experienced the outstretch hand of God by virtue of unimaginable miracles and wonders which led to the Israelites departure from bondage. The Israelites were not excluded from witnessing the manifestation of God’s outstretch hand during their departure from bondage.
It was the outstretch hand of God that made a way for the Israelites through the Red Sea. The children of Israel, after having witnessed the outstretch hand of God in Egypt and on their way of deliverance out of four hundred years of bondage, they could not hold on to the testimonies of their deliverance. When they approached the Red Sea, the Egyptian army with all the chariots of Egypt went after them attempting to take them from God’s hand. The children of Israel lost hope and entered into complaining. The Israelites complained to Moses in Exodus 14:12, “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.’” Are you complaining or complementing God for all he has done and all which He is doing?   At the time they were complaining, they could only see a dead end. The children of Israel lost hope, their faith sank and fear took the place of faith. Have you been in a situation where all man-made help has failed and continues to fail you? Know that what you are going through is not beyond God. He will make a way for you if you can hold on to His outstretch hand. With Christ in your life there will be a way out for you. He that made the way through the Red Sea is alive, and is still making a way for those who hope in Him. Now is not the time to keep eyes away from the One with an outstretch hand.

Prayer for today: Ask for the outstretch hand of God to locate you for your breakthrough deliverance.