He Keeps On Making Away
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· 319 viewsGod keeps on making a way in time of trouble, trials and temptations.
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Reeds Temple and Brooklyn Tabernacle encouraged us by singing the wrods to this song:
Keep on making a way
over and over again.
You're always bringing me out
over and over again.
You're always bringing me out
over and over again.
Lord, You've done so much,
all to You I owe...
Lord, You've done so much,
all to You I owe...
[Chorus:]
I will ever sing Your praise,
glory to Your name,
keep on making a way for me.
[Chorus:]
I will ever sing Your praise,
glory to Your name,
keep on making a way for me.
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/b/brooklyntabernaclechoirlyrics/keeponmakingawaylyrics.html
Can I ask you a question? Is there anybody who can testify and tell somebody He Keeps making a way for me.
As you study the history of Israel, you will find out that God always made a way for them.
As you study the history of Israel, you will find out that God always made a way for them.
I can’t speak for you, but I show enough speak for myself!
I’m not ashamed to tell somebody what he’s done for me.
As you study the history of Israel, you will find out that God always made a way for them.
The Pulpit Commentary: Isaiah (Vol. II) Chapter 43
The deliverance out of Egypt is glanced at, to prepare the way for the announcement of deliverance from the hand of Babylon. Then “a way was made in the sea” (Exod. 14:21–29), “and a path in the mighty waters;” now it will be necessary to make “a way in the wilderness” (ver. 19).
As you study the history of Israel, you will find out that God always made a way for them.
We look at the past and the future...
The deliverance out of Egypt is glanced at,
to prepare the way for the announcement of deliverance from the hand of Babylon.
Then “a way was made in the sea” (), “and a path in the mighty waters;”
Now it will be necessary to make “a way in the wilderness” (ver. 19).
As you study the history of Israel, you will find out that God always made a way for them.
As you study the history of Israel, you will find out that God always made a way for them.
He made a way to get them out of Egypt,
He made a way for them to cross the Red Sea,
He made a way for them in the crossing of the wilderness,
He made a way for them to go into the promised land.
Just as He made a way for them, He will and can make a way for you and I.
I am glad that the God we serve is a God of great power.
Who wouldn't serve a God like this?
God is immutable (unchangeable).
God is unchangeable, therefore, as He made a way for them, He can make a way no matter what the need is every generation that will look unto Him.
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard,
That the everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Fainteth not, neither is weary?
There is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint;
And to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings as eagles;
They shall run, and not be weary;
And they shall walk, and not faint.
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard,
That the everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Fainteth not, neither is weary?
There is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint;
And to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall:
Isaiah 40:28-
Isaiah 40:28
Therefore, as He made a way for them, He can make a way no matter what the need in every generation that will look unto Him.
therefore, as He made a way for them, He can make a way no matter what the need in every generation that will look unto Him.
Today, Let us look at some of the ways He can make a way for us.
In the text tonight:
In the text tonight:
We look at the past and the future...
The deliverance out of Egypt is glanced at,
to prepare the way for the announcement of deliverance from the hand of Babylon.
Then “a way was made in the sea” (), “and a path in the mighty waters;”
Now it will be necessary to make “a way in the wilderness” (ver. 19).
Notice the phrase in verse 16 and verse 19, “make a way”
Isaiah
16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea,
And a path in the mighty waters;
19 Behold, I will do a new thing;
Now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
And rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:
I asked my youngest daughter who is a soldier in the military Fort Drum New York as a Horizontal Construction Engineer.
What does it mean to make a way?
She said...
First of all, You have to have the right equipment...
First of all, You have to have the right equipment...
We serve a God that is our all in all...
God is the power that created the heavens and the earth.
When He said, “Let there be light!” the light came to the earth, and He created day and night. ()
God parted the Red Sea;
He made the walls of Jericho fall without a single blow. (; ).
Even the sun and the moon have to stand still at His command. ()
God is infinitely great. The prophet Isaiah made an attempt at describing Him:
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?
22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
“… Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.” .
Secondly, The Path has to be Rough Staked...
Secondly, The Path has to be Rough Staked...
The purpose of rough staking is to map out a predetermined path.
It enables the Engineer to grade and prepare the site.
Don’t you know Salem that God has your path already staked out.
You say yea but I thought...
Wait a minute!
Isaiah 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are my ways higher than your ways,
And my thoughts than your thoughts.
We don’t see what God sees...
All we see are trees, brush and weeds but God is saying I already got it marked out for you.
105 NUN.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
Thirdly, The Path has to be Cleared...
Thirdly, The Path has to be Cleared...
You have to Clear the Top of the ground and Excavate below the surface.
There’s stuff above the surface and there's stuff below the surface.
“…I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”
He will make a way where there seems to be no way. In the toughest of situations, this seems to be God’s specialty.
God has it all figured out. So we don’t have to worry.
He’s working on our behalf even when we can’t see it all. He has a plan and purpose in whatever we walk through. He can cut a clear pathway through anything.
And in seemingly hopeless situations where we can’t see any way out, God’s power has the opportunity to shine the greatest. It’s in those times when we come to the end of ourselves, where we know we can’t depend on our own abilities, on anything we have, or anyone we know, but instead are reminded that we are totally and completely reliant on Him - it’s those times that are the most powerful of all.
He can make a way through the wilderness and cause streams to rise up, bringing refreshing even in the desert times.
He can split the sea, move mountains, or any barrier before us, and allow us to walk through on dry ground.
Lastly, the Path must go through Erosion Control...
Lastly, the Path must go through Erosion Control...
Erosion Control preserves and protects the path way.
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
No Weapon Formed against us shall prosper.
He that dwell in the secret place of the most high, shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.
God is our refuge and strength a very present help in the time of trouble.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
2 Thessalonians 3.3
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me:
Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,
And thy right hand shall save me.
6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver;
And knowledge rather than choice gold.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
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My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
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And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower:
The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust:
He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge,
My saviour; thou savest me from violence.
4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
The text says “remember not the former things.” in other words the old deliverance will be nothing as compared to the new.
He will keep on making a way for me...
Thomas said how can we know the way?