When There’s No Way Out

Have you ever felt like the Israelites fleeing Egypt? Just when they finally thought they were free from Egypt, they stand at the edge of the Red Sea with no way to get across. They look behind themselves and can see the Egyptian army coming. There looks like no way out. They are trapped. God brought them this far, but now what? They either drown in the sea or get killed by the Egyptian army. What other choices are there? It doesn’t look good.

Do you ever feel this way? I know I do. God pulls me out of a problem, only to face a new one. I began to feel trapped. I can’t see a way out. Just like the Israelites, I see the Red Sea in front of me and the Egyptian army behind. I can’t see how I’ll get out of this mess. Because I can’t see the solution, I began to think there is no solution. In my finite mind I can’t figure it out then it must be unsolvable. I’m an Israelite, standing at the edge of the Red Sea, panicking because the Egyptian army is coming! I’m about to die. There’s no way out.

God doesn’t drop the ball on His children. He doesn’t say, “Oh, I brought you this far, but now you are on your own! Start swimming!” God has been faithful to faithless me, 100% of the time. Yet, I panic. I quickly forget all those times God has pulled me through.

The beauty of the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, is that there was no way out, except through God. So God performed a miracle and Moses raised his staff and parted the Red Sea and the Israelites walked on dry land. God does the same for us today. What we cannot see, God sees. We are trapped because truly there is no way out. Except…except God can provide a way. He won’t leave His children standing at the edge of a sea, waiting to die. He doesn’t work that way. But our only way out is through God. He must do the work.

So Believer, when you are faced with a problem that seemingly has no solution, go to the only source that can see you through, God. For the Believer, God does provide the way out. It will look bleak, but that’s when God will provide a miracle. Though it looks impossible, with God nothing is impossible. Though it looks unsolvable, God can solve it. God will provide a way. Just wait on Him. He’s never late. He will save you before the Egyptian army gets too close. And just as you make it to the other side, God closes the sea over your problem. Your problem is washed away, never to be a problem again.