God can make a way when there seems to be no way

Has this ever happened to you? You get out of your car, lock all the doors, and suddenly realize you’ve left your key inside the car.

Someone has said that confession is good for the soul. I’ve locked my key in my car more times than I care to admit. Sometimes having too many things on my mind distracts me momentarily when I step out of the car. Other times, I’m just plain forgetful.

Like me, maybe you know all too well the frantic feeling of searching for a car key only to realize it’s still in the ignition or on the front seat. It seems even more discouraging when all the windows are rolled up tightly.

A friend once gave me some wise words of advice she learned from someone after such an avoidable incident had occurred. Keep your keys in your hand until you get out of the vehicle and lock the door. Then put them in your purse or pocket. Or else buy one of those hide-a-key magnets and always keep one in it.

My personal experiences came to mind when I read about a man who was sitting in his parked car on a street. A young woman, whose car was in the next parking space, approached him and asked if he had a hammer.

When he said no, she went to speak with the man in the car in front of hers. He handed her a hammer he found in his toolbox. Then, she walked back to her car and proceeded to smash the vent window on the driver’s side of her car. Upon returning the hammer, she opened her door, took out the keys, and waved them with a triumphant grin.

As she drove away, the fellow who loaned the woman a hammer spoke to the man still sitting in his car. “If only she had told me what she wanted the hammer for, I could have helped her. I’m a locksmith,” he said.

The minister went on to compare the way we live with the actions of the woman. We hammer away at the fragile and valuable things we don’t understand and cannot solve, when there is power available to us for the asking.

A hymn writer penned these familiar words, “Oh, what peace we often forfeit. Oh, what needless pain we bear. All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.” Remember, if it matters to you, it matters to God.

Jesus promises, “Ask, and it shall be given; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7 KJV).

There are times when unforeseen things happen or we get into situations of our own making and we can do little, if anything, about it. We must admit we need help and wait for it to come. God can make a way when there seems to be no way, if we’ll ask Him.

Jan White is a wife, mother, and freelance writer who lives in Andalusia. Her email address is [email protected].