~ Overcoming Obstacles ~ 

Have you ever seen the sea flee?

Have you ever seen the mountains skip like rams, or the hills run like lambs?

That’s the vivid description the psalmist gives of the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.

“The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. 
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs….
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters”  -Psalm 114:1-8.

The psalmist mentions the time God opened the Red Sea and the Israelites walked across on dry land.  He talks about when the nation entered the Promised Land over the dry bed of the Jordan River.  Then he refers to their experience in the wilderness, when they were thirsty and God turned the rock into a pool of water.  What are we to learn from all of these experiences?  God helps us in the obstacles of life.  When you turn your obstacles over to the Lord, He acts.

What will He do?

Sometimes He overcomes the obstacles. 
God is with us in the hopeless places. 
How hopeless the Israelites were at the Red Sea! 
The enemy soldiers were behind them;
the wilderness was around them;
the sea was in front of them. 
But God opened a way to escape.

Sometimes God removes the obstacles — the “hills” and the “mountains.” 
He just makes them skip and run away like animals.

Sometimes He makes the mountains a way for us to escape.
“I will make each of My mountains a road,
And My highways shall be elevated”.  – Isaiah 49:11

Sometimes He also can turn the obstacles into blessings.
He “turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.” (v. 8).
If God doesn’t overcome or remove your obstacle, let Him turn it into a blessing.
Trust God with your obstacles.  He can help you in …

… the hopeless places,
… the high places
… and the hard places.

 Dear Lord,
When all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness,
give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength.
Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love and strengthening power,
so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to You, we shall see Your hand,
Your purpose, Your will through all things, in Jesus Precious Name, - Amen

The light of God surrounds me;
The love of God enfolds me;
The power of God protects me;
The presence of God watches over me;
Where ever I am God is.