God can create roads where we see only obstacles. #seventhdayofpassover#devarorah

The Channel Tunnel opened on May 6, 1994 nearly two centuries after it was first proposed in 1802 by Napoleon’s engineer, Albert Mathieu. Today the 31 mile passage beneath the English Channel allows thousands of people, cars, and trucks to travel by train each day between England and France. For centuries, the people had sailed across the Channel until this surprising new way to go under it was completed.

God planned an unexpected route for our ancestors-one we read about in Exodus 14:10-22. Faced with certain death, either from Pharaoh’s army or by drowning, the Israelites were near panic. But God parted the Sea of Reeds and they walked through on dry land. Because according to tradition God parted the Sea of Reeds allowing the Israelites to escape Pharaoh’s clutches on the seventh day of Passover, we relive this moment in our history during that day’s Torah reading.

Years later, the psalmist  Asaph use this event as evidence of God’s mighty power, “Your road led through the sea, Your pathway to the mighty waters-a pathway no one knew was there! You lead your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.”  (Psalm 77:19-20)

God can create roads where we see only obstacles. When the way ahead of us seems uncertain, it’s good to remember what God has done for us in the past. We should never lose hope. He specializes in pathways in any circumstance-pathways that ultimately lead us to our salvation.