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When Pharaoh drew near, the When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they marching after them, and they feared greatlyfeared greatly. .
And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, "Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."
22- number of options they see
Our Limitations Make Us
COMFORTABLE PRISONERSPRISONERS
•To To fearfear•To To doubtdoubt•To an To an ordinary life ordinary life while claiming to while claiming to serve an serve an extraordinary Godextraordinary God
God sees God sees freedomfreedom
Deliverance fromDeliverance from Egypt EgyptPassover Passover SalvationSalvation
Slaves Slaves PlunderPlunderVisibleVisible Presence Presence
==GLORYGLORY
Where we Where we wallswalls, God sees , God sees roadsroads
Where we see Where we see floodflood, God , God dry landdry land
Where we are Where we are powerlesspowerless, God, Godoften chooses to often chooses to flexflex
A flood becomes a path andA flood becomes a path and
Dry land swallows up an entire Dry land swallows up an entire Egyptian armyEgyptian army
2 Spies
Convinced of the God's Power and trust in God's Ability
Faith reduced the giants to grasshoppers and turned the
grasshoppers into Giants
Which is more Which is more powerpowerful?ful?
My problems?My problems?My GodMy God??
Depends on where I Depends on where I
10 =spies who die in the wilderness
2 =spies who live to enter the Promised Land and conquer the giant
grasshoppers
2= out of the 600,000 men above 20 years old were allowed to enter and possess the land together with the young generation
Faith sees, dares and triumphs in the days of overwhelming difficulties
While fear runs, trembles and fails in the days of overflowing opportunities
Note: The days are the same
Fear paralyses the strongest of men
While faith energizes the weakest of men
Joshua and Caleb- at the age of 85- still feel and act as if they were only 40. The young men had acted as if they were without strength
Fear delayed the promises of God
While faith waits patiently through the delays caused by faithless men
For forty long wasted years one by one the faithless children of Israel perished in the
desert sands- in the prison of their self-made limitations
Joshua and Caleb were allowed to enter the land
Because they "had a different spirit" - (Numbers 14:24)
Fear canceled the promises of God. Their faithlessness put them outside
the circle of God's benefits
But faith was the channel by which Joshua and Caleb received the promises and blessings of God
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What limits us?
Walls?Floods and Blocked Paths?
Strong Enemies?
Comfortable PrisonFear of the unknownDoubt that God can or will
What limits us?
Not GodNot FocusNot Faith
We serve an extraordinary GodWhy would we settle for an ordinary life?
I believe in a God who whispers and all nature obeys
Yet I'm convinced I'm alone in this?
God can't: Change her heartMeet my needs
Change me and give life meaning