Exodus 14:15-18

¹⁵ The LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the sons of Israel to set out. ¹⁶ Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the sons of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷ And I will strengthen the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his riders. ¹⁸ Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his riders.”

no way

The LORD responds to Moses as if his solution to the Israelite’s dilemma is the most obvious one. But Moses and the Israelites missed it, because it was only obvious to someone to whom the laws of physics do not apply. God was going to make a way where nobody would think to look. In one act of power he would both rescue the sons of Israel and destroy their pursuers. He was going to use a great obstacle to deliverance to bring it about.

I don’t know about you, but I face some great obstacles in my life. They scare me, because every time I think about them, they remind me of how fickle life can be. I want a way out, but I do not see one. I have to trust that God has a way for me to remain faithful to him, my church, my marriage and family, my ministry. I want to go forward, but then there’s that big Red Sea.

LORD, we are crying out to you, because if there is going to be a rescue here, it has to be you. We cannot make a way. Help us to trust you enough to set out in the right direction, no matter what obstacles remain in our path.