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August 9
Saturday


FINDING GOD'S
PATHWAY

READ
Psalm 77:10-20
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Your way was in the
sea, your path in the
great waters.
__Psalm 77:19
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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 Pharoah's army or by drowning, the Israelites were near panic. But God parted the Red Sea and they walked 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. __David McCasland

````````````````````Thank You, God, for the miraculous ways`````````````````````
````````````````````You have worked in the past. Help me to````````````````````
``````````````````remember Your power and faithfulness when```````````````````
`````````````````````I can see only trouble and difficulty.```````````````````````
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The God who created a way for our salvation
can certainly see us through our daily trials.

******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 77:10-20*****************************

20 And I said, "This is my
anguish; but I will
remember the years of the
right hand of the Most
High." 11 I will remember Your
wonders of old. 12 I will
also meditate on all Your
work, and talk of Your
deeds. 13 Your way, O God,
is in the sanctuary; who is
so great a God as our God?

14 You are the God who
does wonders; You have
declared Your strength
among the peoples. 15 You
have with Your arm
redeemed Your people, the
sons of Jacob and Joseph.

16 The waters saw You, O
God; the waters saw You,
they were afraid; the depths
also trembled. 17 the clouds
poured out water; the skies
sent out a sound; Your
arrows also flashed about.

18 The voice of Your thunder
was in the whirlwind; the
lightnings lit up the world;
the earth trembled and
shook. 19 Your way was in
the sea, Your path in the
great waters, and Your
footsteps were not known.

20 You led Your people like
a flock by the hand of
Moses and Aaron.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In this lament psalm, Asaph writes of the sense of abandonment,
the sleepless nights, the distress, and the anguish he felt when
God did not respond to his cries for deliverance from his trials
and suffering (vv.1-10). But then he remembered and recounted
the mighty works God did for His people in the past (particularly
His mighty deliverance at the exodus). When he reflected and
meditated on who God is, he was assured of God's greatness,
goodness, and guidance (vv.11-20). Where God leads, He protects
and provides (v.20).