Use your shepherd's staff -- hold it out over the water, and a path will open up before you through the sea. Then all the people of Israel will walk through on dry ground. Exodus 14: 16, NLT)
My friend spent the last few months fighting cancer. After surgery she was told that it had not spread; however, some routine testing revealed the cancer metastasized to her lungs. So . . . she went through treatments. Recovery takes time but the doctors determined she could return to work. Except while she was battling cancer . . . the business closed . . . it was reported she had died.
Now what? Is it possible to move forward when life is so difficult?
While we may have more technology and information than the people of God had in the ancient days, nothing really has changed. People get stuck in the difficulties and trials of living. Throughout the course of life we come to dead ends . . . a place where nothing seems to work . . . a time that nobody can seem to help . . . and nothing seems right.
Moses, the leader of the people of God, had to make a choice. He had to decide that God would make the waters part and make the mushy wet sea bottom dry so the people could cross over to the other side.
Okay . . . we know the story . . . but wouldn’t you think someone who happened to be your leader was crazy to explain he had to have enough faith to raise his staff over the sea and God would make a way?
I am afraid that my response might have been filled with dismay and a call for people to wrestle the crazy leader to the ground. Trusting God can seem really crazy . . . but that is what faith is . . . believing God will do what He has promised to do . . . to make the impossible . . . possible. Moving out of difficult challenges requires seeking God, believing God can do more than you think is possible, and following His directions.
Seek God.
Study His Word for direction.
Give thanks the work of God—He will make a way. He makes all things possible.
Learning with you to believe the impossible is possible,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2007 All Rights Reserved)
