God Will Make a Way

When you’re trapped between obstacles and fear, and the way forward seems impossible, remember this powerful truth: God will make a way. This article unpacks the story of the Israelites at the Red Sea to reveal how obedience, surrender, and faith can unlock miraculous breakthroughs. If you’ve ever wondered what’s waiting on the other side of your obedience, now is the time to find out.

 

Facing the impossible? God calls you to take a step of faith?

The Christian life is a journey – a pilgrimage toward the Promised Land God has prepared for us. Just as He promised the Israelites, the Lord wants to bring us into “a good land”:

The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper (Deuteronomy 8:7-10 NKJV).

It’s a breathtaking promise. A land of abundance, of provision, of blessing. But here’s the reality: The journey there isn’t always smooth. In fact, sometimes we hit what feels like an impenetrable wall.

That’s what happened to the Israelites. Their wall was actually a sea – the Red Sea. And if that wasn’t enough, Pharaoh’s army was charging toward them from behind, dust rising from the wheels of chariots, warriors eager to drag them back into slavery.

Can you imagine how they felt? They had just escaped 400 years of slavery. Freedom was finally within reach. But now they were trapped – a sea on one side, an army on the other. What were they supposed to do?

There were three options:

Go back. It’s what fear told them to do. “It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness!” they cried (Exodus 14:12 ESV). When fear grips us, we start romanticizing the very things God delivered us from. Slavery looks better than uncertainty. The known, no matter how painful, feels safer than the unknown.

Stand still. Moses told them:

Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. … The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace (Exodus 14:13-14 NKJV).

That sounds spiritual, doesn’t it? And in part, it was true. They didn’t need to fear. And God was going to fight for them. But standing still wasn’t the full answer.

Go forward. And this was God’s command:

Tell the children of Israel to go forward. … And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea (Exodus 14:15-16 NKJV).

Go forward? Into what? The sea? The impossible?

Yes. Because God is still the God of impossible pathways. The sea didn’t part while the people stood on the shore debating. It parted when they obeyed. And the same is true for you. Don’t run back to what’s familiar. Trust Him. Move forward. The God who made a way through the sea will make a way for you.

What’s in Your Hand?

My friend, I’m convinced that God would speak the same message to you as He spoke to the Israelites: “Go forward!”

He certainly doesn’t want you to go back to bondage in Egypt. Nor does He want you to passively “stand still,” stuck to your present circumstances.

However, in order to move forward, you may need a blessing today — something only GOD can do! He is ABLE and WILLING to help you cross the obstacle that stands in your way—but you must heed His instructions on how to do that.

The Lord told Moses, “Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it” (v. 16). From a human point of view, this seemed like another impossibility. How could an ordinary shepherd’s rod part the sea?

But a key to the miracle in this story was that Moses had already surrendered his shepherd’s rod to the Lord (Exodus 4:1-5). No longer was it an ordinary piece of wood—it became “the rod of God” (Exodus 4:20).

What Is in Your Hand?

Here’s where it gets personal. Maybe today you feel like you’re standing at the edge of your own Red Sea: an obstacle too big to cross, a situation too impossible to fix. And maybe you’re tempted to go back – to return to old habits, old sins, old patterns of living that feel safer than the unknown ahead.

Or maybe you’re just stuck – paralyzed, waiting, unsure of what to do next.

But God’s word to you is the same as it was to Moses: Go forward.

Of course, that’s easier said than done. You might be thinking, But how? I don’t have what it takes. I don’t have the resources, the strength, the wisdom to move forward.

And that’s exactly where God’s next question comes in. When Moses stood before the sea, feeling inadequate and afraid, God asked him a simple question: “What is that in your hand?” (Exodus 4:2 NKJV).

Moses looked down. A shepherd’s rod. Just a piece of wood.

But when surrendered to God, that ordinary staff became a tool of miracles. It parted the sea. It struck a rock and brought forth water. It was used to demonstrate God’s power over enemy armies. What once was just a shepherd’s tool became “the rod of God” (Exodus 4:20 NKJV).

So let me ask you: What’s in your hand?

Money? Time? A talent? Influence? A simple act of obedience?

It probably seems small. Insignificant. Hardly enough to accomplish the great things God has called you to. But history is full of people who gave God what little they had and watched Him work miracles:

• Samson took down an army with the jawbone of a donkey.
• David defeated Goliath with a slingshot and five stones.
• Jesus fed thousands with a young boy’s lunch – five loaves and two fish.

Do you see the pattern? God doesn’t ask for what you don’t have. He asks for what’s already in your hands.

But there’s a catch: You have to surrender it first. It’s not doing you much good in its current condition, is it? But when you release it to Him, He breathes on it, multiplies it, and turns it into something powerful.

Move Forward

That day at the Red Sea, everything changed when Moses obeyed. He lifted the rod, stretched out his hand, and the waters parted. The Israelites walked through on dry ground. And when the Egyptians pursued them, the waters crashed down, swallowing their enemies whole.

What’s waiting on the other side of your obedience? What miracles might God do when you finally stop holding back and move forward?

Perhaps you’ve been holding on to something God is asking you to release. Maybe it’s a career path, a relationship, a resource, or even a fear you’ve clung to for too long. But the truth is, obedience is the gateway to miracles. The Israelites had to walk through the parted sea. They had to take steps forward, trusting that God would hold back the waters until they reached the other side.

What if your breakthrough is just one act of obedience away? What if the moment you surrender, God moves in ways you never imagined?

The Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians … Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done (Exodus 14:30-31 NKJV).

That’s my prayer for you today, my friend, that you’ll see His great work in your life and when you trust Him and step forward in faith, He will make a way – even where there seems to be no way.

God bless you,

David Cerullo

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