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, 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 he too—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 Red Sea and they walked through on dry land. Years later, the psalm writer Asaph used this event as evidence of God’s mighty power, “Your way was through the sea, Your path, through the mighty waters; but Your footsteps left no trace. You led Your people like a flock In the care of Moses and Aaron” (Ps. 77: 20-21).
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 in the past. He specializes in pathways in any
circumstance—pathways that point us to His love and power.
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