The Red Sea

With luggage in hand and a backpack filled with blank pages, I left on my journey.  My desire was to document his ways and wonders as I traveled.  He had called me to the promise land.  While in route, I encountered many dangers.  I had to make difficult choices and trust Him for guidance.  He led, and I experienced not only his protection but his peace. 

Time moved slowly, but it did not matter for I knew where I was headed.  I grew weary both physically and emotionally from the daily struggles.  My thinking became unclear, as I continued to trust him.  The obstacles found in route became more difficult to overcome.  I ran to him for strength and courage and somehow they were removed.  Until the day I reached the Red Sea. 

As I sat by the shore and viewed such greatness, I wondered about the wisdom of making such journey.  I reviewed all the obstacles I had overcome, however reality overwhelmed me.  How was I going to reach my promise land? I began to hear the voices of opposition.  Are you sure you heard his voice?  Did he really say he was going to lead you to the promise land?  Hopelessness and despair began to set in my heart.  Some voices said, focus on reality and eventually I did.

 Reality confirmed that I would be unable to reach the promise land. It was impossible. So I began to look at other directions.  I moved east and the Lord allowed it.  I met new people, began new projects and continue to serve Him. Once in a while I remembered the promise land, with grief in my heart and tears in my eyes.  It was a dream, one that would not be fulfilled.  I would question the Lord; why didn’t you intervene?  What was the purpose of all this traveling if I was never going to reach my destination?  My Lord was silent.  

My blank pages filled with words of sorrow and disappointment.  However, I knew he loved me for He continued to sustain me.  I wish I could tell you how it happened, but somehow one day I came upon the shore of the Red Sea.  For the second time in life, I stood in front of the Red Sea.  I sat down and wept.  My promise land.  What happened Lord to my promise land?  The Red Sea still keeps me from reaching it. 

The Lord began to speak.  He asked me to have faith.  He would fulfill his word no matter what reality showed.  My Lord asked me to believe.  I submitted to his will and I did.  Then his Holy Spirit began to teach me what to pray for.  Prayers led again to works of courage.  My Lord prepared the way and I was blessed in the outcome.  He continues to show me what to pray for.  

I have not reached the promise land.  There is not dry land to walk thru.  It is still as immense as before.  It is still impossible to go through.  However, I am not same.  I now know in whom I have believed.  As I pray and continue to trust Him, I stand before the Red Sea waiting.  Waiting on my Lord.

Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,  and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,with a wall of water on their right and on their left.