a FREE devotional study about being still [exodus 14:14]

A couple weeks ago, I posted about my word for the year: still. I didn’t want to just choose a word for the year because, A.) I’m tired of making New Years Resolutions just because everyone else does and B.) I’m tired of feeling like I need to choose a word of the year because it’s the new thing.

But I said a prayer to God and, almost immediately, the word “still” came to mind.

This was such a huge concept that I decided to write a devotional study all about it! And you can download it 100% free! It’s a five-week study and you can do it five days a week, then use the other two days for another study or cultivating that life of stillness you’ll be learning about.

INCLUDES

• 25 days’ worth of devotions
• Application and questions for each devotional
• A guide to biblical fasting and memorizing Scripture

Sneak peek at Day 2 of Amanda Brown’s “Still” devotional

Person: Moses

When: Crossing the Red Sea

If I had been Moses in front of the Red Sea, you better believe I would’ve been hurry-scurrying around like a chicken with my head cut off. He wasn’t quick to give up and command everyone to head back to Egypt; he didn’t full-out freak out.

Instead he gives the people three simple commands, probably rooted from how his own heart was dealing with the seemingly impossible circumstance: 

1. Fear not
2. Stand firm
3. See the salvation of the LORD

Sometimes we just need to let God be God.

This is a really difficult balance because a lot of people in our culture nowadays have the infamous “let go and let God” approach to life. 

The Christian life is all about balance. It’s about knowing when to charge into battle . . . and when to stand in front of the Red Sea, arms raised in prayer to God. At this point, there was nothing Moses could do. God wanted a chance to show His power without interference from man because He knows (just as we do) that man is quick to take the credit for anything amazing that happens.

But this was all God. 

Note that the Israelites still had to take that step of faith (literally) and head into the Red Sea. It’s a beautiful pass of the baton, a beautiful two-person dance that goes back and forth and sometimes is a partnership between to people giving all their effort. 

Q’s

1. What are three of your common reactions to difficulties (in contrast with Moses’ commands)?

2. When was the last time you took a step of faith?

Applications

Identify your own current Red Sea. How can you fear not and stand firm? 

Reflect on how you’ve seen the salvation of the LORD in the past.