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The Word That Opens Unexpected Paths

There are moments when everything feels closed off. Roads blocked. Doors shut. Prayers that seem to go unanswered. From a human perspective, there’s just no way forward. But it’s right there, at the dead end, that God’s Word steps in like a light breaking through the darkness.

From the very beginning, His voice has made a way where there was none. At the edge of the Red Sea, when the Israelites were trapped between deep waters and a relentless enemy, God spoke… and the sea opened. It wasn’t human effort; it was His voice that carved a highway through the impossible.

Psalm 77:19 puts it beautifully: “Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.”

That’s who God is. His Word doesn’t always explain, but it always guides. It doesn’t always prevent the struggle, but it never leaves us to face it alone. Maybe today, you’re standing at what looks like a dead end, hoping for a miracle, longing for direction. Don’t lose heart. The Word is still alive… and it still makes a way.

Don’t lean on your own understanding. Open the Bible. Inside are promises that don’t depend on logic, but on the power of the One who writes new stories in the wilderness. Where your plans have fallen short, Scripture still stands. Where everything feels stuck, God is still working.

He hasn’t lost control. And when a way opens, when something shifts that no one could have predicted, you’ll know it wasn’t chance. It was His faithfulness.

Prayer

Eternal God, when I see no way out, remind me that Your Word still opens paths through the impossible. Help me trust Your faithfulness more than my feelings, and wait on You more than I rely on my own plans. Make a way, Lord, not just through the chaos around me, but through the fear within me, and teach me to walk with my eyes fixed on You alone.

In Jesus’ name.
Amen.