The Red Sea (Baptism).

"BY FAITH they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned." (Heb 11:29)

When it comes to prayer, deliverance and getting to the promised land, there is definitely a spot we all must pass through (from time to time). The "Red Sea" or say in the spiritual sense: the "Sea of Blood" or Baptism (your first time), is a MUST stop on your way to the promised land. 

Whenever anyone is delivered, the enemy never stop following to try and regain control. The only way for God to permanently give you/us rest from our enemies is when they (the enemies) are lured into following you/us into this place of blood. It's God's divine strategy for our safety and eternal comfort. Never worry too much about why the attack is so much after every divine signs of supernatural increase, it's for God to finally do the much needed exchange or sacrifice of blood, and then bury your enemies underneath the ground you will be walking on. 

"A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." (Psa 110:1)

Let us patiently wait for this victory inspite of the raging storms all around us, for that is how it should feel when you are so close to your final victory at the Sea of blood where the great exchange/sacrifice must take place. 

# Carrying your cross daily.

From bondage to rest, there is definitely a cross point; a rendezvous; an exchange; the Cross; place of sacrifice; a.k.a., the "Sea of blood", where victory must be obtained. For the first time converts, at their very first Baptism (trial), three kinds of blood are present: the Blood of the LAMB, the convert's blood, and that of the enemy. When they come out of the water, they are now new creatures! After their first (physical) water Baptism, it's spiritual baptism from then onward. Anytime they come to the sea of blood, it's to settle and exchange trials for victories!

This is just a glimpse into the mystery behind Baptism, and what it stands for spiritually. NEVER take light of it for new converts (give them a full immersion in water (which spiritually represent their first and most important turn around experience and feel at the Sea of blood, of Christ), and let the disciples or maturing believers be very fully minded or conscious of this.  

# Signs of Victory.

~ Be very mindful of this.

Many things we have to pass through in life, even thou they might look like defeat at first, are very necessary when we are able to SEE and understand why they are there. To catch a fish, you have to bait the fish. The same hold's true for us when trials come at the very sign of victory. The signs of victory, is a bait to the enemies, which they will always swallow and get hooked on, not knowing it's for their destruction.

These signs are like food to the enemy, they just can't resist it, never knowing it's poisonous. But because many believers do not have this understanding during trials, we tend to stop, pull back, and start complaining, instead of waiting on the LORD of war in praise and worship (Isa 40:31). [Note: because of envy and jealousy, some believers have become enemies of their brethren. If you are, you need to "Watch and Pray".]

"And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands." (1Sa 17:47)...The battle is the LORD's, and so we will wait on Him!