Read: Psalm 27

Wait on the Lord; be of good
courage, and He shall strengthen
your heart. -Psalm 27:14

Rebecca was at her lowest as she drove her aging car
to the daycare center to pick up her daughter. Her boss
was making life difficult again. The landlord was
raising the rent. And as a single mom, she felt all
alone. “I’m trying my best,” she told God, “Please help
me.”

Just then these words by Don Moen came on the radio in
a song:

God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way;
He works in ways we cannot see,
He will make a way for me.

“Please do that for me, God,” Rebecca pleaded. “I
can’t go any further.”

The psalmist David too called out to the Lord when he
was in desperate straits. He prayed, “Hear, O Lord,
when I cry with my voice!” (Ps. 27:7). Then David
testified expectantly, “Wait on the Lord, be of good
courage, and He shall strengthen your heart” (v.14).

God specializes in showing His power in hopeless
situations. Israel was in just such a place when God
parted the sea before them (Ex. 13:17-14:31). Daniel
was protected in the lion’s den (Dan. 6:10-23). Paul
and Silas were delivered from prison (Acts 16:25-40).

God made a way for Rebecca too. A better job she had
applied for months earlier suddenly opened up. The
increase in her income would cover the rent. Then a
family in her church made a newer car available to her.

If life seems to be closing in on you, don’t despair!
Trust God. He has promised to make a way.
-David C. Egner

OUR UNKNOWN FUTURE IS SECURE IN THE HANDS
OF OUR ALL-KNOWING GOD.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.