God Provides a Way

At one time I felt like I was in a situation in which there was no way out. There was a feeling almost of desolation. I picked up my Bible and came upon these verses in Isaiah chapter 43: “I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; …remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

I found these verses very helpful; and as I studied them, I realized this is a promise from God. It does not matter how dire your situation may seem or how trapped you might feel, turn to these verses and know that God will provide a way — that He can make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, a path in the mighty waters.

It also says to forget the former things. Stop going back to your past, and stop outlining how you want things to turn out. Just drop all of that. God will create a new thing. It also says, “Behold, I will do a new thing.” Let Him work it out — don’t try to work it out on your own, or even worse, work it out for God, because that will never work anyway. Let God do it and get self out of the way.

I did not have a long time to work this out, so I took these verses and prayed earnestly with them for a day or two. Then, lo and behold, a way did open up for me! Something I had never thought of, something I never expected; but it was a way out of that situation. I felt free. Of course, I had always been free, but I had to have the eyes to see it, the eyes to see what God is doing, and was doing, and always will do in my life.

So those verses are very precious to me, and it is the truth. They worked for me, and they can work for you, too. Mrs. Eddy says, “Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee. Therefore, despair not nor murmur, for that which seeketh to save, to heal, and to deliver, will guide thee, if thou seekest this guidance.” (My.) God is always with us.