FAITH CAPSULE: The condition not to be afraid is encased in holding on in confidence.

Exodus 14

It is written, “Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;  For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.” (Proverbs 3:25-26) It is easy to confess our hope and trust in the Lord but when trouble or sudden terror comes like a wave, our faith becomes tested. The condition not to be afraid is encased in holding on in confidence. A confidence that God has never fail; a confidence that He is a mighty warrior; a confidence that there is nothing impossible for God to do and a confidence that God alone is a winner. However, the more we hear and hear about how different troubles and sudden terrors were overcome by the presence of the Lord, our faith supposedly will rise. The hearing and the hearing of His testimonies is the source of our faith. (Romans 10:17)

Without faith God is not pleased. (Hebrews 11:6) Pleasing God is declaring that He is a living God. What is it that you are afraid of? The Israelites saw great miracles which brought them out of the bondage of over four hundred years but yet fear over took them at a point of their great deliverance. The word testifies, “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.” (Exodus 14: 10-12) As stated in the word, the source of their fear was, “And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them…” At every moment in the journey of life, we cannot afford to shift focus from God. The moment the Israelites lifted their eyes and behold (look at, watch, view, observe) their confidence became punctured and negative confession enraptured them.

Moses spoke live into them stating, “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. 14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” (Exodus 14:13-14) Condition to regain confidence is to stand still and see victory in place even when victory is yet in place. Always remember that you serve a winning God who never fails.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of boldness and character to make you a winner.