TeaTime Devotional June 18th, 2025

Written By:         Tynema Highsmith

Scripture: Exodus 14:21 NIV

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land.  

Testify:

Ladies, have you ever gone to the store to get something that you already had?   I have been experiencing the same situation spiritually.  God called me to complete a task that I don’t think I have the ingredients to complete.  I have been going to my heavenly father asking him to change his mind concerning me.   I feel that the task is too big, and I’m not equipped financially, mentally, and sometimes spiritually.  When I tell you God has been demanding that I stretch out in him, he really has.  Everything is becoming so uncomfortable, yet I still feel him tugging me.  Things that were loose before are being snug, but I still hear him saying that His will be done.   I feel like the father in the scripture that says, Lord I believe, now help my unbelief.   The more I cry out to him, he reminds me that I already have everything I need in me, because he put it there.  It’s in my house.     

Edify:  

This scripture describes a very scary moment for Moses. Moses already thought that he was inadequate to lead.   He told God that he (in my own words) can’t talk, He’s a reject, he’s still trying to figure out who he was, and he done killed someone. He trusts God and does what he says.   He got the people out of Egypt and are wandering through the wilderness with the enemy chasing them.   The people are scared and looking to Moses to get them out of harm’s way.     Moses is hearing God but doubting himself.    I love the question that God asks Moses, “What do you have in your hand”?    Moses answers that he has a staff that he’s always had.  STRETCH out with what I’ve given you.   Pause……… Are you telling me that I already have what God wants to use.    God has already equipped me with what I need.   Moses listens and stretched out his hand over the sea and the wind from his stretch causes their wet and impossible situation to dry up.   Ladies, use what you got, to get what you need.   It’s Already in YOUR House.

Apply:

I’m not sure if anyone feels the same way that I do. If so, God wanted me to remind you that while you are steady worrying, God has already provided.   While you are steady questioning, God is actively demonstrating his power.   All you have to do is follow his lead.   God has a way of turning seas into highways and he uses what’s he placed in your house.