A Spectacle Of Glory #336

Read: Exodus 14:1-21

Have you ever felt completely hemmed in? As a quadriplegic, I can feel trapped by arms and legs that don’t respond. Sometimes it feels like a dead end with no way out. I’m sure it was the same for the Israelites camped by the Red Sea. When they realized Pharaoh and his army were hot on their trail, they glanced at the crashing waves behind them and knew there was no way out. Yet it was God who had led them to that spot—just as God has led me into quadriplegia. And if God has led me here, it’s to show me—as He showed the Israelites—His glory, protection, and provision.

God didn’t lead His people to the Red Sea to destroy them. And God has not led me this far to destroy me. Nothing can hurt or harm my soul; not even death. At times you too may experience trapped, claustrophobic feelings. But God has you where you are so He can perform miracles you never imagined.

Dear God, You have been with me on those nights when the walls of my room closed in on me like a vise. I remember Your Word: “We are hedged in from every side, but we do not live cramped lives.”^a I may feel trapped, but I know You will make a way.