The Red Sea Place

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,

and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you."

Isaiah 43:2

Jesus Walks On Water

(1888)

Ivan Aivazovsky

Russian Romantic painter

Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life

Where, in spite of all you can do,

There is no way out, there is no way back,

There is no other way but through?

Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene

Till the night of your fear is gone;

He will send the wind, He will heap the floods,

When He says to your soul, "Go on."

And His hand will lead you through-clear through-

Ere the watery walls roll down,

No foe can reach you, no wave can touch,

No mightiest sea can drown;

The tossing billows may rear their crests,

Their foam at your feet may break,

But over their bed you shall walk dry shod

In the path that your Lord will make.

In the morning watch, 'neath the lifted cloud,

You shall see but the Lord alone,

When He leads you on from the place of the sea

To a land that you have not known;

And your fear shall pass as your foes have passed,

You shall be no more afraid;

You shall sing His praise in a better place,

A place that His hand has made.

"The Red Sea Place"
Annie Johnson Flint
(1866-1932)
American poet and hymn writer