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 His people 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 road led through the sea, your pathway
through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there! You led Your people
along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds”
(Ps. 77:19-20 nlt).
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.
