Obstacles or Opportunities?

     The Israelites were feeling pretty good for once. They were finally free of the Egyptians and they were headed back to their long lost home. After several days of travel away from their former captors, they were almost relaxing. They were camped right where God had told them to, "By the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon." (Exodus 14:2) This respite didn't last long though. They awoke one morning to see Pharoah's army approaching. Reality started to set in, they were trapped between The Egyptian army and a sea. They started to complain to Moses. They asked if he brought them out to the desert because there weren't enough graves in Egypt to hold them. Things looked bleak indeed. Things looked bleak but they had forgotten one important point, they were exactly where God told them to be. What they saw as an obstacle, the sea, was in reality an opportunity for them to escape. When Moses started to get a little antsy and cried out to God. God responded by asking him why he was bothering him, tell the people to get up and start heading forward. So up they got and started straight for the obstacle in front of them not really sure what was going to happen. As they neared the water's edge Moses raised his hands and the waters parted and allowed the people of God to pass through on dry land. What's more, once they had all crossed, the seas closed back in swallowing up the pursuing army. What appeared to be an obstacle was really God's deliverance. How often do we see the things in front of us as obstacles when they are really opportunities for deliverance? All we need do is follow God's leading and continue forward and watch those obstacles turn into opportunities.