Monday Meditation: The Red Sea Place

 

"And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush now! Be still!"  
And the wind ceased and there was a great calm."
(Mark 4:39)

Jersey Shore Sunrise
Photograph courtesy/Reddit

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 beds 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 fears shall pass as your foes have passed,

You shall no more be afraid;

You shall sing His praise in a better place,

A place that His hand has made.

Photograph courtesy/Craig T. Owens

Annie Johnson Flint
(1866-1932)
Prolific American Christian poetess