Is fear keeping you paralyzed? Bill Johnson talks about fear and the importance of moving forward in the face of fear. Overcoming fear doesn’t always look like a bold, courageous act, sometimes it is just continuing to move forward in faith.

because the Lord isn’t looking always

for great courageous leaps he’s looking

for movement in the right direction does

that make sense stop trying to be a hero

just move in the right direction

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all right verse 10 when Pharaoh Drew

near the children of Israel lifted their

eyes and behold the Egyptians marched

after them so they were very afraid and

the children of Israel cried out to the

Lord so here’s what we’ve got going on

Israel is leaving Egypt and Pharaoh in

his army is coming after him and so they

turned around in their journey and they

see Egypt coming after them and it says

they are very afraid

the wrong kind of fear will drive you

away from the lordship of Jesus

the right kind of fear endears you to

him

complaining is the language of fear

it’s the language of unbelief

nobody complains who sees God’s role in

the middle of their situation

the complaint only happens because we’ve

lost sight of who he is and where he is

there are some fears that are natural

fears or

can I say responsible fears

putting your hand on a hot stove

don’t tempt God that’s stupid

walking across the floor Barefoot with

broken glass

it’s not a smart idea

voting for socialism

it’s just not

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just want to make sure you were awake

I’ve been waiting all morning to say

that

actually longer than that

verse 13 Moses said to the people

do not be afraid

I’m sorry this

I don’t have enough time to take many

detours so I’ll just take one and then

this is the last one

I read this post that said when you have

a conflict with your wife just tell her

she’s overreacting and that’ll calm

everything down

that’s kind of what I thought of here

Moses comes to Israel who was terrified

said don’t be afraid

oh okay okay

there’s a good idea I just won’t be

afraid

but then he comes with the word of the

Lord

don’t be afraid and he says do not be

afraid stand still and see the salvation

of the Lord which he will accomplish for

you today for the Egyptians whom you see

today you shall see again no more

forever I just hit me strong in the Twin

View service just a few minutes ago and

I feel the same here now there are some

of you that are facing ongoing problems

and I’m I’m I feel like I’m supposed to

declare over you you will never see

those Egyptians in that issue you’ll

never see them again today it ends that

will not be a cyclical issue in your

life it ends today but here’s the word

that Moses brought to the nation of

Israel the Egyptians that were trying to

kill you you will never see them again

forever

okay move on says um verse 14 the Lord

will fight for you and you shall hold

your peace now verse 15 is important and

the Lord said to Moses why do you cry

out to me

all right

What’s Happening Here

verse 13 and 14 Moses is prophesying

just stand still

God’s going to deliver you you’re going

to see him work on your behalf

is going to bring you to a place of

great peace just hold your place

and the very next verse we see God says

why are you crying out to me so that

tells me after the prophecy Moses is

interceding he gave this great word

digital and then he’s saying oh God oh

God oh God oh God do you see these

people that I’m leading oh God so the

Lord says why do you cry out to me so

apparently there was prayer after the

prophecy

but what does he say

verse 15 the Lord said to Moses why do

you cry out to me tell the children of

Israel to go forward

now if you know if you notice this but

there’s a big difference between

standing still and going forward

Moses sensed the safety and the

provision of the Lord and

let me say it’s possible he assumed he’s

going to do it while we stand still

and Lord brought one clarification to

that prophetic word I’m going to do it

but I’m going to do it while you’re

moving forward

you’re not to stand still and there are

sometimes honestly where you just take

the position of rest and there are other

times you just move in the right

direction

God is not usually he’s not looking for

great courageous leaps in movement he’s

generally looking for just movement in

the right direction

we had a staff member years ago that had

a very very serious head trauma injury

very serious and he couldn’t play with

his children anymore he couldn’t be in

the room where there was any kind of uh

not even argument just challenging

conversation there’s certain things he

couldn’t see on TV because he was so

traumatized in the injury of his head

and uh he was actually it was over there

in one Sunday night service was in the

men’s room the restroom and the Lord

just prompted him bump your head against

the wall that terrified him because that

would just send him to to to just to

bump his head against the wall and he

said Lord

I can’t do that

and then what he did is he just leaned

his head softly against the wall

instantly healed completely healed of

all the trauma for so long because the

Lord isn’t looking always for great

courageous leaps he’s looking for

movement in the right direction does

that make sense stop trying to be a hero

just move in the right direction

just move in the right direction

so he says why do you cry out to me tell

the children of Israel to go forward

we move on down through this story and

the Lord begins to reveal himself as

being with the children of Israel in

this journey this is I I like the story

I like the story a lot it says in verse

19

excuse me verse 18 the Egyptian shall

know that I am the Lord when I have

gained honor for myself over Pharaoh his

chariots and his Horsemen and the angel

of God who went before the camp of

Israel moved and went behind them this

is interesting so God’s in front of them

showing them where to go and he’s behind

them protecting them from from the

Egyptians right

so the angel of God who went before the

camp moved and went behind them and the

pillar of the cloud went before them and

stood behind them

remember

so he went between the camp and the

Egyptians and the camp of Israel thus it

was a cloud of Darkness to the one and

it gave light by night to the other

two manifestations of the same Revival

a cloud in one case fire in another

the same Sun that melts the eyes hardens

the clay

the workings and dealings of God the

effect of those workings and dealings

have everything in the world to do with

our hearts condition

the posture the position of our heart

am I saying God prove it to me or am I

saying no matter what you say my answer

is yes

because those two positions are

extremely different

it’s not a heaven or hell issue it’s a

it’s an issue of what measure of

Promised Land will I actually experience

in my lifetime and we were all born to

enter the reality of the fulfilled

Promises of God over our lives and our

family line until it actually brings

transformation to culture itself

yeah I’m so glad that you watched this

video I do pray that it’s a great great

strength and encouragement to you and

I’ve got a verse that it really is My

Cry for all of us and it’s Psalms 20

it’s verse 4. may he grant you your

heart’s desire and fulfill all your

plans

that’s my prayer that’s my prayers that

this would be the season of rich rich

fulfillment

thanks for joining us