Years ago when I was still living at home in the city of Manila, my father was renting storage space from an abandoned bowling alley for Resources for the Blind Inc. The storage space ran along the back wall of the bowling alley behind the pin machines. This space was used to store thousands of copies of braille and large print bibles and hundreds of thousands of cassette tapes. This was no back room closet but a small warehouse of supplies and materials belonging to RBI. The building owners devised a great plan and decided to make better use of the space by turning the bowling alley into a casino. This meant that RBI would need to find a new storage facility, a difficult task in a city as tightly packed as Manila. After several attempts to renegotiate a deal to keep their corridor of storage, they were forced out by men who demonstrated no concern whatsoever for RBI's interests.
I have had times in my own life, similar to the Red Sea experience where I was convinced that God was just making things hard on me. I didn't see his gentle hand at work, I focused entirely on the need of my immediate situation and questioned God's plan. The Israelites thought for sure that God had made a mistake that would cost them all dearly. Of course He hadn't; He was caring for His children and protecting them from harm at the same time.
About a week after RBI was finally evicted from their much needed space, the entire building burnt to the ground. And I don't mean smoked out, I mean burnt to the concrete floor. Do you trust God enough to believe He is in charge in the midst of adversity? Or do trials diminish your faith? His perspective is infinitely greater than ours and I am constantly challenged to believe Him, to trust Him, and to take confidence in His good intentions for me.
Believing Him with you,
Aaron
