Standing at the edge of the Red Sea

We studied John 20 this past Sunday and the scripture that deals with doubting Thomas. Thomas was dealing with what he thought was certain in his friend and leader Jesus Christ. Then came the crucifixion and then the resurrection. It rocked the world of those disciples. They were having a hard time with their faith. What they thought was going to happen was not the way events unfolded. Yet, God provided through Christ to give Thomas what he needed to move him to a deeper place of faith. His response to really understanding finally that Christ was standing in front of him, he proclaimed, my Lord and my God. He moved from certainty to doubt to belief in Christ. Somehow God moved the process along and helped him come to the understanding he needed to trust Christ with everything. Faith has been a key practice for thousands of years. What a time of transition it must have been for the people of God when they were following Moses, headed away from the Pharoah and standing at the shore of the sea. With the enemy behind them and closing in and the water in front of them, surely they must have doubted Moses. In Exodus 13 and 14 you can read their responses to this situation. They asked of Moses, did you bring us here to die? Wouldn't we have been better off to have stayed where we were? In our own times of transition that test our faith, we lean on God to give us greater faith to hold us in the in between times. From certainty, to doubt, to deeper faith and trust, God gives each of us what we need to move us along in our journey. Standing at the edge of the Red Sea would have required some faith to believe that God was going to make a way. But, God did make a way, and the good news for us, is that God still makes a way! Keep the faith!