With God there is always a way forward. --------------------------------------- The Lord says, “I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” - Isaiah 43:19 Exodus 14:21-25 14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. 14:22 The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. 14:23 The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaohs horses, chariots, and chariot drivers. 14:24 At the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the Egyptian army, and threw the Egyptian army into panic. 14:25 He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, Let us flee from the Israelites, for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt. --------------------------------------- My wife and I were driving through a desolate area when our dirt road entered a shadowed mountain gorge, winding beside a stream. Above us towered enormous rock buttresses. Time and time again we seemed to face a dead end in the road. At the last moment, the single lane wound around a huge rock and continued before us. Because there was barely enough space to turn around, our fear was that the road would truly dead-end, leaving us stranded. Finally, after endless heart-stopping twists and turns, we entered a spacious valley with grazing sheep and cattle. We had passed through the heart of that dreaded mountain range. Sometimes life is like that road: we seem about to be trapped in a dead end, with no apparent way of escape. Our dead end may be financial, marital, or health-related. How wonderful to hear God say, “I am about to do a new thing: . . . I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” The way may be narrow and tough, but God makes a way. The Lord has done this for me over and over, and in the time of my worst fears, I trust God to do it again. Gerald McCann (Cape Town, South Africa) Father, give us the faith to keep trusting you, even when the way ahead seems hopeless. Amen.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:05:32 +0000