Stand still and see

Let there be no misunderstanding: our God is a tender and loving Father. There is a time to cry, a time to express our fears. And right now, many people in the Body of Christ are overwhelmed by fears about the future, because they do not know how to get through.

As a pastor for many years, I do not take this subject lightly. I often pray : "Lord, do you ask your people to rejoice so they have no work and are losing their house ? They are in despair because they are suffering. They do not have the heart to sing. Can not you give them a little slack ?"

Throughout the Gospels, we see the Lord rebuking His disciples for their unbelief, saying : "Where is your faith ?" (Luke 8:25). It is a scene that we reproduce again and again. And in the Old Testament, on the shores of the Red Sea, when the children of Israel challenged their leader, I believe that the Lord was not chastising Moses when He asked him : "Why these cries ?" (Ex. 14:15). Rather, God did not take the insults of the people. They had insinuated that He would allow them to be destroyed by the enemy. And He was offended by their accusations.

When we are wounded, we must cry out to the Lord. When we are in distress before a situation, we must pray: "Lord, help me !" We must bring Him all our wounds and disappointments, for He wants to hear us. Then, once we have poured out our hearts before Him, He wants us to rise by faith, confront our trial and proclaim : "I can do nothing by myself. But God is my strength. That is why I fear nothing. I will stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord" (see Exodus 14:13).

David Wilkerson