God Will Guide You

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. - Acts 1:8

Does the way ahead of you look blocked? Have you come to a point here before you only see a sea, like the Red Sea, or a closed door, and there is no way for you to go through to make progress, to go ahead? Have you lost all hope that you will never make it?

Can you rejoice in a time like this knowing that the Lord your God is your Helper? Can you like the psalmist raise up your voice and say, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am greatly helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoice; and with my song will I praise Him" (Psalm 28:7).

Every way that is blocked ahead of you will be removed and a straight way made for you to pass through just like He did for the people of Israel across the Red Sea and River Jordan. If He is your help and shield and you trust do not lose hope for He who delivered His people, will deliver those whose eyes are upon Him. For He says in Isaiah 45:2, "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break on pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron."

The Lord, He is still the God of miracles and there you will see His hand in your situation, dividing your Red Sea to make a path, opening a closed door, making a way in your wilderness, if you will hold on and keep your trust in Him. When you have cast your burden onto the Lord, you need not worry about how the circumstances are going to fall into place to make a way for you through the wilderness. Or the sea, where naturally you cannot see some way.

Peter was held in prison by Herod who had earlier killed James. Four squads of soldiers kept watch over him. But prayer was made for him. Acts 12:5 says "The night before Herod was about to bring him forth, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison." No human barrier can stop the Lord from doing His miracle.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, awakened Peter and told him to get up. And the chains fell off. Following the instructions of the angel, Peter followed him thinking that he was seeing a vision. They passed through the first guard and the second and the iron gate opened of its own accord and they walked on the street where the angel left him. Acts 12:11 says, "Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I really know and am sure that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod..."

Rejoice and praise the name of the Lord as you believe and look for your way, made straight through the sea, the wilderness and prison doors!

- Daniel O.C