God ALWAYS Makes a Way!

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“I know the Lord will find a way for me.
I know the Lord will find a way for me.
If I walk in Heaven’s light, shun the wrong and do the right,
I know the Lord will find a way for me.”

Essentially, the Bible message is that God made a way for man to ultimately return to the beautiful and blissful state of the Garden. God yearns to walk again, side by side, with His children. For, just as Adam and Eve could walk and talk with God, and see Him face to face, He yearns for the same close kinship with each one of us.

For Christians, the message of the Bible is rightly summarized by the first line and the last line of this song, “I know the Lord will find a way for me,” and, “Won’t it be grand to hear Him say, “Well done.” That, indeed, is the message of assurance in this song and throughout God’s word, “The Lord will find a way for us.” And, if we choose to walk in the way, we will hear Him say, “Well done!”

God has always made a way for those who choose to “shun the wrong and do the right.” From the beginning, Noah and his family shunned the wrong and did the right, and God made a way for them to escape the flood’s destruction.

Then God, by a series of terrible plagues, made a way for the people of Israel to be released from Egyptian bondage. And, God, by parting the Red Sea, made a way for his people to escape the Egyptian army.

Then God, by calling Moses to the top of the mountain, made a way to communicate His Law to His people. And, God, through that Law, made a way for His people to be forgiven of their sins.

So plainly throughout the Old Testament, we can see it. God ALWAYS makes a way! And, so plainly throughout the New Testament, we also can see it. God ALWAYS makes a way!

In the early chapters of the book of Acts, we see the proofs of God’s Power. We see that God overcame every challenge which rose up against His plan. We see that God always made a way for His apostles and disciples to accomplish His plan.

From the beginning, while the church was yet very young, oppositions arose and God overcame every challenge. In fact, even before the church had taken her first step, mockers were scoffing at the apostles’ Spirit-given ability to speak in tongues, saying in Acts 2:13, “They are full of sweet wine.” But, God, through the power of Peter’s preaching, made a way to overcome the mockers’ foolish scoffing. God made a way!

Then, when the church had barely taken her first steps, still full of amazement at all which they had seen and heard, opposition arose again. Peter and John were arrested, thrown in jail and threatened against speaking any more about this Jesus. Then God made a way for the apostles’ release “because [the people] were all glorifying God for what had happened” Acts 4:21. God made a way!

But, the challenges were not over, for then problems arose from within the church. The church had barely learned to walk and her own have conceived wickedness. Ananias and Sapphira, each with the full knowledge of the other, conspired to deceive in order to “keep back some of the price” of the land” which they had sold. The Lord struck both of them dead, and thereby, made a way for the church to continue to grow. Again, God always made a way!

So very early in the life of the church, God has proven his power to overcome every challenge. So very early, those in the Jerusalem church, those who would shun the wrong and do the right, can see that God always makes a way!

God has made the way for the lost to come to salvation. God has purposed that it is through the teaching and example of His children that the lost will be shown The Way. We know that Jesus is The Only Way and we must each be willing to do our part to help the lost see Him.

Our willingness to help the lost see Jesus depends upon us acting upon the belief, that the God will ALWAYS make a way for us to reach the lost. Doing so is proof to the Lord that we believe He still has the power to overcome every opposition which rises up against His church. Doing so is proof that we want to again be with God in a beautiful and blissful new Garden. And, doing so is the reason that we can sing:

“Won’t it be grand to hear Him say, “Well done.”
Won’t it be grand to hear him say, “Well done.”
If I walk in Heaven’s Light; shun the wrong and do the right,
Won’t it be grand to hear Him say, “Well done.”