God has you where he wants you and will, with his grace, make a way of escape.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And when my friend Dan was diagnosed with cancer, he drew tremendous encouragement from the Bible story of the Red Sea. Dan told me that there was that horrible moment for him when he first learned about his cancer – he felt so trapped with nowhere to go. He said to me, “But, Joni, the Israelites had to feel the same way when they were trapped up against the Red Sea, hemmed in on every side, with nowhere to go.” And that’s when he told me his Red Sea rule #1: No matter how trapped you feel, realize that God means for you to be exactly where you are. Friend, are you listening? Dan was diagnosed with cancer; I have quadriplegia; at times we both fight those claustrophobic feelings of thinking there is no way out. But we know that God will deliver us. So today, remember a lesson learned on the shores of the Red Sea. God has you where he wants you and will, with his grace, make a way of escape.
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