Pathway

Your road led through the sea, our pathway through the mighty waters - a pathway no one knew was there. Psalm 77:19 In Psalm 77, the psalmist writes with a heart desperate for God. Desperate for His presence, His help, His deliverance. In his prayer, the deliverance of the people of Israel at the Red Sea comes to his mind. Think on that scene for a moment. Israel, a slave nation just coming out of Egypt and traveling to the land of promise, comes to the Red Sea, a natural barrier. Behind them comes the army of Pharoah, determined to take them back into captivity. They face an impossible barrier and are pursued by an unbeatable enemy. They could not see any means of escape. There was no way out....but God.... The great test of faith is to believe for the impossible when all visible circumstances point to everything being impossible. The Israelites could not see any way through the Red Sea. All they could see was the impossibility of the barrier before them and the sure defeat by the enemy behind them. But God saw everything differently. He saw the pathway that no one else could see. He was the pathway that no one knew was there. He always is. He still is. He opened the sea and the pathway was revealed, and it was only open to them. When the Egyptians tried to use it as well, they all drowned trying to get through. The lesson for us in our following in faith is to trust that He is and will always be our pathway through the impossibilities we face in life. We see no way through and no way out. He sees the way because He is the Way. As Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." He is always there, though most cannot see Him, or the pathway He offers. He and His path can only be seen by the eyes of faith. Have you such eyes? We all will come to our own "Red Sea." Our own impossible way. Will we crumble in despair, or will we look for the pathway that is there before us, seen only by the eyes of faith? You may be in such a place right now. Look up, and as you look up, see Him. He is the Pathway. He will lead you through and out, and that which blocks your way will be overcome and that which pursues you will be rendered powerless. He is the Pathway when there is no other way. He is the only Way. Follow Him. Blessings, Pastor O