Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground" (Exodus 14:15-16). God says to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Checkmate, right? The King had another move. Their families would be killed their possessions would be taken. They could see the dust from approaching Egyptian chariots on the horizon and hear the war cries of their pursuers. In Exodus 14, with the Egyptians relentlessly chasing them, the Israelites, finally released to journey to the Promised Land, came to the shores of the Red Sea. The king has one more move." When you look at Scripture, you will see that all through history, the devil has had God's people in what seemed like "checkmate." But God had another move. "We have to contact the painter," the chess champion says. "There's one more move." He runs to his friend and together they look at the painting. The chess champion stares and stares at the chess board, then suddenly he steps back, flabbergasted."It's wrong!" he exclaims. But the second man, an international chess champion, wants to look at the painting longer, so he waves his friend on and tells him he will catch up later. The first man looking at the painting wants to move on to other paintings in the gallery. The title of the painting, Checkmate, indicates that the game is over. The devil is grinning ear-to-ear because he has the man cornered. In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. Two men are standing in front of a painting called Checkmate in an art gallery. The King Has Another Move! This story has been told by Christian speakers as far back as 1955 when Billy Graham told a variation of it early in his ministry.
I came across this old article that I wanted to share, I believe it puts things into perspective quite well. Sometimes the enemy tries to do the same thing with us, wear us down, make us think that there are no other moves left.
#Checkmate painting full
Think of every President that has been elected, at first they are ready to take on the world, they seem confident, strong, they are full of vision, vitality and hope but often times by the end of their term they appear gray headed, worn and tired out and that's because of the pressures of such a great office. Often times when your are in the midst of the game and the pressure is on you, your outlook can become clouded, it becomes easy for you to slip up and make the wrong move and eventually play right into the strategy of your opponent. I remember looking on the game from the outside and thinking "man what a stupid move"," why would you move that piece there". You see the game of chess is a game of strategy, where you try and manipulate your opponent into making the moves you want him to, you may even have to sacrifice some of your own pieces in order to gain the control you are after in order to place his King in Check Mate, where he has no other moves left. I can remember the intensity these guys had and how long these games would go on.
I love to play chess and I can remember when I first starting learning the game I used to watch a man named Preston and guy named John play for hours.
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