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A Reckless Faith

Sometimes, God brings us to unexpected crossroads in our faith. He longs for us to trust Him, so He pushes us to the point of no return. We must either rush into a towering wall of water and trust Him not to let us drown, or we must run into the arms of the enemy, who will certainly see to our demise. “Which will it be?” God asks. Nothing in the Israelites’ past had prepared them to walk through a deep sea without getting wet. For all they knew, they’d die. Yet they knew it would be better to drown, following God, than to die—or even live—at the hands of the enemy. So they rushed into the water, and God delivered them more fully, more faithfully than they could have imagined. Not only did they live, but their enemies were destroyed because of that one act of wild, reckless faith.

Prayer: Dear Father, teach me to have reckless faith. I trust You. Amen.