PARABLE:  MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING DECISIONS  3/12/10

Today I watched a few minutes of Dora, the Explorer.  Dora is my grandson’s favorite cartoon and they were in a boat and trying to find their way home.  The boat came to a cross roads in the river 3 different times.  And each time as they were deciding which way to go, some crocodiles came towards them on one of the forks, and so they took the opposite fork.  They found the exact route home that way.  It was quickened to me that sometimes the Lord uses enemy issues to block our way, so that we make a different decision and stay in His path. 

Ex 14:8-11; 15-16 NKJV

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness. 9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army , and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.  10 And 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.... And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. 16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.