Nashville, Tennessee, United States - The Upper Room Daily Devotional "A Way in the Wilderness" Friday, March 28th, 2014 - Read Exodus 14:21-25

Nashville, Tennessee, United States - The Upper Room Daily Devotional "A Way in the Wilderness" Friday, March 28th, 2014 - Read Exodus 14:21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army. 25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord says, “I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”--Isaiah 43:19 (NRSV)
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.
The Author: Gerald McCann (Cape Town, South Africa)
Thought for the Day: With God there is always a way forward.
Prayer: Dear Lord, give us the faith to keep trusting you, even when the way ahead seems hopeless. Amen.
Prayer focus: Someone in a seemingly hopeless situation
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