"On Sinking Sand"

"He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their people." (Psalms 105:37)
If you connect the dots, you might just find that His people are those that believe in Him. Not only are they called and drawn to Him, but once they find Him, they will find it hard to let go. If you recall this portion of Scripture in the Bible, it was not just a time of grief for the Egyptians, but it was also a time of testing for God's people. The test was really quite simple and easy to follow; they simply had to mark the door post with blood, and then stay inside their houses. Not a whole lot of thought needed to be put into that; but there was more to it than just that. If you paid attention to the instruction, God mentioned something else that they needed to do; they needed to have their shoes on and have their staff in their hands. In others words, they needed to be ready to travel! I remember seeing this in the movie, The Ten Commandments, as it showed the family standing around a table, and the man had his staff in hand, as if he was prepared to take his family somewhere. I heard a message regarding this, I think I shared on it before; but all of their doors were shut, so how were they judged on their obedience to following the full instruction? The blood was on the door posts and the door was shut, so how were they judged on their willingness to be prepared for a journey? It is a little like the part in the movie, God's Not Dead, the part where they finally were going to start the car, and the visiting pastor says, "Wait, you need to put our bags in the car first." You either believe that He is going to do it, or you don't; if you believe that God is going to do something, then you prepare yourself for it to happen. I know this is Christmas time and all, but Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, a time when God speaks after 400 years of silence. For over 400 years, God did not say a single word, but on this night, God spoke to His people through the voice of a Baby. Oddly enough, the children of Israel were held captive in Egypt for over 400 years also; this night would mark the end of that captivity. Amazing to see the connection, because we are very much like those children of Israel, right now. The door posts are marked, we are safely behind the door, and we are prepared to end our captivity. Anywhere else, is to be standing on sinking sand...
""Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord! Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, 'Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.' But I will reply, 'I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God's law.' "Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash."" (Matthew 7:21-27) NLT