Daily Lesson for March 9, 2015

Today's daily lesson comes from Psalm 77 verses 16 through 19:

16 When the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
indeed, the deep trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water;
the skies gave forth thunder;
your arrows flashed on every side.
18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
cyour lightnings lighted up the world;
the earth dtrembled and shook.
19 Your way was through the sea,
your path through the great waters;
yet your footprints were unseen.

God's way is through the sea.

Whenever there is to be an act of deliverance and salvation by God, He always requires that we first pass through some sea -- some ordeal of testing and trial which requires great trust and determination in the face of what appears to be impossibility and impassibility.  God's path is through the sea; yet His footprints are unseen and therefore there is no certainty of survival. This is what faith is all about!

There is an old midrashic story about the Israelites escape from Egypt. The midrash says that when the Israelites came to the Red Sea, they entered into the waters not knowing what was to happen; and it was not until each of the Israelites was up to his or her nose that the waters then parted.

St. Paul said, "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, yet unseen." We usually have to be up to our noses, and sometimes in over our heads, before things really happen. That means we have to keep walking it we are to see deliverance, and the footprints of the one who delivers us.