“And Moses said unto the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will show to you today….”  Exodus 14:13

Believe it or not, there really is a time to stand still — to bring our physical body into a state of peace. Moses wanted the children of Israel to get out of fear and see the salvation that God was about to bring, but first he had to bring them to a place of rest.  Suppose you have a small child who is afraid and is running around the yard in a panic. To help them get control of their emotions, you must not only calm their fear, you need to get them to stop running around and stand still so they can receive the next instruction. As long as they are running around the yard in fear, they will never be able to receive their deliverance.

Try this today. At some point in the day, simply stop what you are doing, bring your busyness to a standstill and commune with the Father. Stay long enough to see His salvation. Experience the exponential impact of bringing your whole spirit, soul and body into alignment with God. Many of you are gripped by fear, paralyzed by depression, riddled with guilt and see no way out. But there is. And it begins with stopping. Stopping your fear. Stopping the continuous motion or activity that keeps you from hearing the still, small voice of God.

And when you have come to a stop… when you have come to the end of yourself and you stand at the precipice of faith, open the eyes of your understanding and see His salvation. See the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in you and the exceeding greatness of his power toward you who believe. Then lift up your rod (the Word of God) and declare with everything in you the outcome you know God has for you. Fully express with every fiber in your being what you know God wills for you.  Then walk confidently into the future, trusting God to make a way where there appears to be none. This is not theory. I have walked this path and experienced His great deliverance and so can you!

Look to God. Change your self-talk. Declare a different outcome. Set a new expectancy. What have you got to lose? Now, what are you doing that is equivalent to running around the yard in fear? What action or movement is keeping you from coming to a place of self imposed rest so you can see the salvation God has for you? That’s what you need to stop today. Selah.

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“For there is no restraint on the LORD to save by many or by few” (1 Sam 14) This was Jonathan’s rationale as he and his lone arbor bearer went looking for Philistine garrisons full of enemy soldiers to attack. Just two guys looking for enemy forts, and then attacking in full daylight against overwhelming odds and winning! Gotta love that kind of faith and courage!

Whether you are fighting enemy soldiers or dealing with hostile creditors or simply facing overwhelming odds in the thing you feel God has called you to, He is still able to save by many or by few. In April, 2002, my wife and I were staying at the Tickle Pink Inn in Carmel By The Sea, California. We were between a consulting engagement in San Diego and a seminar we were putting on in Grants Pass, Oregon. It was our first public, out of state Selling Among Wolves seminar and, as of two days before the event, there were only about two dozen registered. I was feeling overwhelmed. We had staff flying out the next day and thousands upon thousands of dollars of expenses and we were not charging for this seminar.

Those preceding days in Carmel, we were taking a break and walking the shoreline looking for whales swimming by in the deep, but to no avail. We saw every other kind of marine life but no whales which was a big disappointment to my wife. On our last morning there, overlooking the craggy sea coast I was fretting about having so few registrants while also asking God to let Brenda see a whale before we headed inland in a couple of hours. That’s when He spoke…

God said, “Do you think it’s too difficult for me to summon the creatures of the deep?”

That was a loaded question to which I answered, “No.”

He then reminded me of the miracle of the few loaves and fishes feeding the five thousand and asked, “Do you think it’s too difficult for me to meet your needs from a small group in Oregon?”

Of course, I answered, “No.”

As sure as God is my witness, immediately two whales surfaced swimming close to shore, blowing water through their spouts! God had summoned the creatures of the deep and I rested confident that He would meet our need in Oregon with only a few. And He did in a significant and overabundant way! God doesn’t need numbers to deliver you… He asks for your trust, your faith. Let’s give Him that today!

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“Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; (Isa 45:1) Cyrus was the only Gentile king to ever be hailed by the Jews as a messiah, a divinely appointed king. Cyrus conquered the Medes, united the two Persian empires, then went on to conquer most of Asia and established the largest, most powerful world empire ever known by that time in history.

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