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Feb. 3, 2023
When You Need A Miracle
We have all encountered problems that looked to be insurmountable. We may have felt boxed in and that there was no way out. But that is exactly when God can perform a miracle. If the situation is not impossible, it does not require a miracle. This week we read about the miraculous deliverance of the Israelites from Pharoah and the crossing of the Red Sea—and how God set the whole thing up! He also wants to use your impossible situation. All you need to do is raise your hands in faith and surrender all to Him.
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When You Need A Miracle (Out of Zion Episode #163)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, we have all encountered problems that look to be insurmountable.
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We may have felt boxed in and there was no way out, but that is exactly when God can
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perform a miracle.
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If the situation is not impossible, it doesn't require a miracle.
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So this week we read about the miracle deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh and the crossing
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of the Red Sea and how God set the whole thing up.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just a little
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inspiration and bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
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This week's Torah reading is Exodus chapter 13 starting with verse 17 through chapter
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17 verse 16.
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It's called Bishalak and it means that when Pharaoh let the people go, when he let them
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go, yep, Pharaoh let them go.
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And God takes them the long route to avoid the Philistines because he knew that they
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couldn't succeed in a war against the Philistines.
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That was the shortest route.
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So it said that he took them into the wilderness of Sinai and then he tells them to turn and
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camp by the sea.
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Now here they're pinned in by Pharaoh.
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Pharaoh's coming from one direction and the sea's in the other direction.
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You know, that's when the miracle happens in the sea parts.
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But picture this.
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God is leading the Israelites with a pillar of fire at night and a cloud by day.
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In 14 verse 19 it actually says, an angel of the Lord led them.
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So why did God lead them?
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To get pinned in, if we don't end up in impossible places, we will never know a miracle.
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It was either all over or God would perform a miracle.
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Of course, he did the miracle.
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Now picture this.
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The sea is in front of them along with the pillar of the cloud and behind them is the
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angel of the Lord.
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The angel of the Lord had their back, but by faith Moses raises up his rod and the
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seas began to part.
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Now skeptics like to say that this wasn't a miracle at all.
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That the water here was probably only about six inches deep.
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So they just walked across the water.
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It wasn't a miracle.
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Well what a miracle then.
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Pharaoh drowned in six inches of water.
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So either way, there was a miracle.
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Now maybe you have some impossible situation in your life.
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So this weekend as you take a break, turn and face your problem, your impossible situation.
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Bring it to him.
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Face your hands in faith and watch God perform that miracle that you need.
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And with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, we have all encountered problems that look to be insurmountable.
2
00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:11,500
We may have felt boxed in and there was no way out, but that is exactly when God can
3
00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:13,440
perform a miracle.
4
00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:18,580
If the situation is not impossible, it doesn't require a miracle.
5
00:00:18,580 --> 00:00:25,240
So this week we read about the miracle deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh and the crossing
6
00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:30,860
of the Red Sea and how God set the whole thing up.
7
00:00:30,860 --> 00:00:35,640
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just a little
8
00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:41,740
inspiration and bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
9
00:00:41,740 --> 00:00:48,920
This week's Torah reading is Exodus chapter 13 starting with verse 17 through chapter
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00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,040
17 verse 16.
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00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:57,400
It's called Bishalak and it means that when Pharaoh let the people go, when he let them
12
00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,920
go, yep, Pharaoh let them go.
13
00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,480
And God takes them the long route to avoid the Philistines because he knew that they
14
00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,520
couldn't succeed in a war against the Philistines.
15
00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,120
That was the shortest route.
16
00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:18,760
So it said that he took them into the wilderness of Sinai and then he tells them to turn and
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00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,000
camp by the sea.
18
00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,680
Now here they're pinned in by Pharaoh.
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00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,200
Pharaoh's coming from one direction and the sea's in the other direction.
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00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,160
You know, that's when the miracle happens in the sea parts.
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00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,040
But picture this.
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00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:41,560
God is leading the Israelites with a pillar of fire at night and a cloud by day.
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00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:47,600
In 14 verse 19 it actually says, an angel of the Lord led them.
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00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,960
So why did God lead them?
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00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:59,000
To get pinned in, if we don't end up in impossible places, we will never know a miracle.
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00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,880
It was either all over or God would perform a miracle.
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Of course, he did the miracle.
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00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,560
Now picture this.
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The sea is in front of them along with the pillar of the cloud and behind them is the
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00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:16,720
angel of the Lord.
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00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:23,160
The angel of the Lord had their back, but by faith Moses raises up his rod and the
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00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,400
seas began to part.
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00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,120
Now skeptics like to say that this wasn't a miracle at all.
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That the water here was probably only about six inches deep.
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So they just walked across the water.
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It wasn't a miracle.
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Well what a miracle then.
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Pharaoh drowned in six inches of water.
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So either way, there was a miracle.
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Now maybe you have some impossible situation in your life.
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So this weekend as you take a break, turn and face your problem, your impossible situation.
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Bring it to him.
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Face your hands in faith and watch God perform that miracle that you need.
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And with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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