Did you not dry up the sea,
the waters of the great deep?
Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea,
so those delivered from bondage could cross over? (Isaiah 51:10)
Dani and I lay in our backyard gazing into the stars, praying, and discussing her first ministry trip to Africa.
“Why are there so many stars? A red line is connecting them to make a knight on a stallion,” Dani said.
It was a vision from the Lord, sent as reassurance for her upcoming leap of faith. Jesus would be her protector knight. God spoke, and we were both jazzed for days.
Another time, I waited out a tropical downpour while worshiping inside a mosquito net in West Africa. The Holy Spirit came within the draped gauze and lifted my spirit into the air. I wore that joy like the glow on Moses’ face for weeks.
I also recall that we had some money to donate, and I contacted a radio ministry that broadcast the gospel into the Middle East. The amount needed was precisely what we had prepared to give. Confirmation that we were in God’s will washed over my heart, and kept me floating for a month.
Why do I try to live on the highs of God’s interventions when the biggest miracle of history surrounds me every day in the form of salvation? My adoption into heaven ought to be enough to make Monday through Sunday all days of wild jubilation.
Imagine the thrill the Israelites felt after they walked between walls of water in the Red Sea. God singled them out and, with an awesome phenomenon, he redeemed them from their enemies. Has he done any less for me?
A vast body of sin separated me from the promises of God on the opposite shore. Demonic enemies closed in, ready to drag me down to hell. Then God pulled off the big one. The waters of my own treachery parted. Eternal death foamed about me, but God’s mighty hand held it back. I walked on the dry road of forgiveness, and crossed over to reconciliation.
Every day that the waters of sin pile up and don’t sweep me away, is another day of God’s dazzling intervention.
Prayer: Mighty Savior, my heart is giddy because of your forgiveness.