“Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.” — Exodus 14:21 NLT
There are times when we raise our hands in direct response to God’s command, whether in worship or in prayer, as a sign of complete surrender to His perfect will.
This morning, after reading this scripture that I’ve read so many times; of Moses raising his hand over the sea (Exodus 14:21) with an unimaginable obstacle in front of Him and an incredible host of enemies behind Him and the Israelites.
I see those raised hands as ‘path creators’.
Your worship and true surrender to God creates a path so that you can walk straight into His promise.
It may get windy, it may be dark, you may have an obstacle in front and a host of enemies behind…still — let your worship lead you into His promise. Let your worship create a path into His promise.
This is not to encourage aimlessly and thoughtlessly raising our hands in worship and so on. We know that even the raising of our hands must be from a place of true surrender and led by the Holy Spirit. (John 4:24)
Say this: My worship creates paths!
Love, K x
N.B. Even medically and psychologically speaking, there are so many benefits to raising your hands above your head.
If you feel uncomfortable raising your hands, ask yourself why? Are you conscious of those around you? Do you think you look silly? Imagine how Moses felt raising His hand over what would be an impenetrable sea…but He did it anyways! Oftentimes, we have to do (under God’s command) and let our ‘feelings’ catch up.
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Kanayo is a Multi-award winning, Author and Senior leader in education whose experience ranges from being a Deputy Head of Sixth Form, Head of Psychology and Lead Practitioner. Kanayo believes that these 3 elements are the driving force of her ministry and career. D.I.G; Drive, Integrity and Grace.
Having a psychology degree provides me with a broad scope to experience many industries and fields of work. Although, my main aim is to continuously learn and also to share my knowledge and experience with others, within and beyond the constraints of the psychology community. Hence my pursuit to teach!
Hopefully, the readers of this blog will find that it is infested with a scope of psychological knowledge, with the intention of conveying psychology in such a way that it is interesting and understandable to those who aren’t studying it as a discipline. In addition, you will find that I heavily cover various topics aside of psychology such as, Christianity because I am a Christian. I draw both passions together, Psychology and Christianity, observing how they complement and sometimes clash! This blog is where ‘Psychology meets Scripture’.
As well as teaching Psychology, I know God has called me to do something far greater in this world. My passion is for His Word and to encourage others to read the Bible, fall in love with it, but most importantly…fall in love with The Author! My role of teaching is not limited to psychology. I strongly believe God is stirring up the ‘teacher’ office of the Five fold ministry in me.
I’m a doctor by virtue, healing and performing heart surgery with words of encouragement.
I am extremely driven and passionate about getting everyone; both Christians and non-Christians to read, understand and live out the word of God. To achieve this, I’ve created online Bible Challenges, whereby people around the world via social media, read a book in the Bible, one chapter a day and share what they have drawn out from the text. I have numerous Bible challenges, all accessible from my blog (www.doctorkanayo.com) and the YouVersion Bible App where over 250,000 people have completed my devotionals around the world. One Bible Challenge at a time, I aim to change the skewed perceptions of the Bible being irrelevant and to show the true reality that the bible is ‘juicy’, tremendously relevant, fun and easy to read. My one prayer is that my teachings and writings from His word, will touch at least ONE person. That would be a serious mission accomplished to the glory of God!
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