Red Sea Rules #2
#315 Red Sea Rule #2 Exodus 14
Be more concerned for God's glory than for your relief.
The people of Israel were definitely concerned for their own interests. The glory of God did not enter their minds. Exodus 14:11-12
This is in stark contrast to Hezekiah’s prayer. In the midst of the threats of the mighty King Sennacherib he prayed, “deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou alone, LORD art God.” Isaiah 37:20
At the onset of the most excruciating week of Jesus’ life, He didn’t ask “How can I get out of this? He asked “How can God be glorified?”
“Now my soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. “Father, glorify Thy name.” John 12:27-28
It is easy to get so focused on resolving the issue that we forget God’s glory. What a powerful question to ask: How can God be glorified through this?
We must be honest in prayer, as Jesus was, and also surrender to the will of the Father. Mark 14:32-38
How powerful is His triumph over us when our prayer goes beyond the honest desire that the experience goes away, but that He be glorified fully in the experience, trusting His deliverance in His time and way.
What is more important, that the experience go away, or that He is glorified through it?
Father, glorify Thy name.
Be more concerned for God's glory than for your relief.
The people of Israel were definitely concerned for their own interests. The glory of God did not enter their minds. Exodus 14:11-12
This is in stark contrast to Hezekiah’s prayer. In the midst of the threats of the mighty King Sennacherib he prayed, “deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou alone, LORD art God.” Isaiah 37:20
At the onset of the most excruciating week of Jesus’ life, He didn’t ask “How can I get out of this? He asked “How can God be glorified?”
“Now my soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. “Father, glorify Thy name.” John 12:27-28
It is easy to get so focused on resolving the issue that we forget God’s glory. What a powerful question to ask: How can God be glorified through this?
We must be honest in prayer, as Jesus was, and also surrender to the will of the Father. Mark 14:32-38
How powerful is His triumph over us when our prayer goes beyond the honest desire that the experience goes away, but that He be glorified fully in the experience, trusting His deliverance in His time and way.
What is more important, that the experience go away, or that He is glorified through it?
Father, glorify Thy name.
