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>Good morning y'all. My heart is overwhelmed this >morning as I consider myself in comparison to the >Israelites. I have looked at the last part of Exodus >14, all of Exodus 15, and all of Exodus 16 this >morning and as I have read this over several times I >have seen myself. This is not a beautiful picture, >but it is real. Let's take a look. You see, ladies, >I believe that if we ask the FATHER to apply HIS WORD >to our hearts HE WILL DO THAT. I believe that if we >truly want to see ourselves through the eyes of the >WORD of GOD, The GOD of the WORD will open our eyes >and allow us to see ourselves as we truly are. Look >at Exodus 14:31. And When the Israelites saw the >great power the LORD displayed against the Egyptians, >the people feared the LORD and put their trust in HIM >and in Moses HIS servant. >Now drop down and look at Exodus 15:22-24 & 27. Then >Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into >the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in >the desert without finding water. When they came to >Marah, they could not drink its water because it was >bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) So >the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What are >we to drink?" Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and >the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into >the water, and the water became sweet. >Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve >springs and seventy palm trees, and they campted there >near the water. >Now look with me at Exodus 16:1-3 The whole Israelite >community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of >Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth >day of the second month after they had come out of >Egypt. In the desert the whole community grumbled >against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, >"If only we had died by the LORD's hand in Egypt! >There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food >we wanted, but you have brought us out into this >desert to starve this entire assembly to death." >Let's get a little perspective on this. GOD has >marched this assembly of people out of the bonadage of >Egypt, HE lead them straight through the MIDDLE of the >Red Sea on dry ground. This is how HE got them out of >Egypt AFTER performing miracle after miracle to >convince Pharaoh that he should let GOD's people go. >Notice that they are just barely three days out of the >Red Sea and they are complaining and questioning GOD's >ability to care for them. SO, GOD again provides the >need they have. HE gives them water that they can >drink and then HE leads them to camp near twelve >springs of water. As we follow this story and get >down into chapter 16 we read that they are about 45 >days out of the Red Sea and they are complaining >again. Now I wonder how could they forget so >soon...and YET, Ma'am, I find that I often fall into >this same scenario. GOD does huge things in my life >all the time. HE allows me to see HIM as HE is. HE >allows me to enter into HIS presence morning after >morning and then HE surrounds me with HIS presence all >day everyday. HE offers me peace that cannot even be >explained. HE says that HE will supply my every need. > HE says that HE will over and above what I could even >imagine. Ladies, HE promises to NEVER EVER LEAVE >me....and yet, I complain and grumble at the slightest >inconvenience. HOW UNGRATEFUL. I find myself this >morning asking HIM to make me ever aware of my >tendency for ingratitude. I am asking HIM to forgive >me for being short sighted and for often times >forgetting who HE IS. Honesty requires that we look >deep into our heart's and ask HIM to examine us and to >reveal in us the things that don't honor HIM. My >heart desires to be the woman that HE created me to >be. My heart desires to walk with HIM in purity and >honesty and openness. Before we get too zealous about >shaking our heads and wagging our fingers into the >faces of the unfaithful Israelites, we would be wise >to ask the FATHER to show us our own heart's. Ladies, >I believe that we need to get before HIM and ask HIM >to make us aware of our short sightedness and our >sinful actions and attitudes. You see, I think that >we get accumstomed to our creature comforts and then >we think that we are entitled to these things and we >lose our sense of gratitude to HIM for ALL that HE has >done and given us in our lives. >My challenge to you this weekend is to find ways to >keep yourself aware of all that HE has given you. Ask >HIM to reveal to you areas that you need to confess as >unthankfulness and ingratitude. Ask HIM to show you >where you look like the Israelites. > >FATHER, may we see our hearts as they truly are. May >we NEVER take for granted that YOU have given us YOUR >WORD to teach us HOW TO LIVE. YOU have provided for >us everything for life and godliness and yet we >complain about the things that we perceive to be >lacking. Please allow me to see my own sinfulness. >FATHER, show me myself in the light of YOUR WORD. May >I never forget all that YOU have done in my life. >May I never get over the power of YOUR WORD. May I >never get used to the privilege of coming before YOUR >THRONE and lifting others to YOU. May I be ever aware >of who I am in YOUR EYES. Thank you so much for >making me YOUR OWN. What an awesome GOD YOU ARE. I >love you! It is in the MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS that I >pray. AMEN! > >Ladies, have a great weekend. Know that even when we >fail and fall into sin for a time, GOD HAS A PLAN FOR >OUR LIVES. HE wants to redeem our past and use us for >HIS GLORY. Are you allowing HIM to use your life? >Let me hear from you. Have a sweet day with JESUS! > >ONLY and ALWAYS Because of HIM- >Vicky

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