•God created confusion—and a
chariot malfunction—throughout
the Egyptian army, which caused
the entire Egyptian army to be in
the seabed when God’s mighty
hand released the waters back in
place on top of them.
God performed miracle upon mira-
cle, none of which would have been
possible without a willingness to try the
impossible. We have to be willing to
step into that space.
Our stories may not always be as
neatly and quickly redeemed as was
the Israelites’ crossing of the Red Sea.
Sometimes our stepping out in faith
into the unknown may not produce
a miracle (at least that we can see).
Sometimes it will feel like a failure. But
we can rest in the confidence of a
King who sees in full while we see only
in part. (1 Corinthians 13:12)
We need to have such a depen-
dent trust in the King that we are
willing to fail for Him. We need to un-
derstand that He is the omniscient,
all-knowing One, and we are not.
We need to be willing to step out in
service to Him even with the under-
standing that it may not always end
in roaring success. Why? Because
that creates space for the King to
go to work. He is perfectly capable
of accomplishing the work through
a mighty miracle. Or He may have a
plan that is accomplished through our
human failure. Either way, we have to
step out.
So I challenge you to join me in fail-
ing more. I am confident that it will
multiply the number of miracles we
experience in our lives. It will likely
also increase those times where we
do not understand what the King is
doing. But that is a good thing, be-
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cause we will have given the King
room to work, and the “failure” will
serve as evidence that we are oper-
ating in an obedience that extends
beyond our own human capacity. It
will be proof that we are discovering
the King!
Thann Bennett is a longtime member of
the National Community Church family in
Washington, D.C. In his professional capacity,
Thann is the Director of Government Affairs for
the American Center for Law and Justice. He
has sixteen years of high-level public policy
experience, with a particular focus on the
U.S. Congress and the United Nations. He is
also a regular on-air contributor to the daily
syndicated radio broadcast, Jay Sekulow Live!
Thann originally hails from the cornfields of
Central Illinois and is a lifelong Chicago Cubs
fan. He is motivated to write by a belief that
God calls those in all walks of life to draw others
to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
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