God Can Make A Way Where There Is No Way

God Can Make A Way Where There Is No Way!Psalm 116:1-4 "I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore, I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, save my life!”I was only going to talk about verses 1 and 2, which are the verses of the day today on the Bible Gateway website where I look up Bible verses.  I like this website because it will show you all the English translations of whatever verses you look up.  Sometimes, it is helpful to look up a verse in multiple translations.  Some translations are easier to understand than others.  I like to read the surrounding verses of any scripture I am given to understand the context of the verse I am using.  When I read more into the chapter today, I also decided to include the following two verses.  The beginning of this says that the author of this verse loves the Lord because the Lord has heard his voice and his prayers.  When we hear that, we might assume that the author of this verse had a pretty easy life.  We might think that the Lord answered His prayers because they were easy to answer.  He didn’t need a lot, so the Lord responded to His prayers.  However, when I read the following two verses, I could see this was not the case.  The verse says, “The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, save my life!”The person who wrote this verse was not asking for a small prayer, yet the Lord heard his voice and his prayer and listened to him.  Here are the same verses in the message translation, “ I love God because he listened to me, listened as I begged for mercy. He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him. Death stared me in the face; hell was hard on my heels. Up against it, I didn’t know which way to turn; then I called out to God for help: “Please, God!” I cried out. “Save my life!” I feel like this translation goes into a bit more depth.  I feel as though we can all relate to these verses.The good news is that if God can help the person who wrote this psalm, which is believed to be King David, then God can help us out of our mess.  The verse says, “The snares of death encompassed me; the pang of Sheol laid hold of me; I suffered distress and anguish.” How many of us have been there?  How many of us thought we might not make it through a situation?  We might not have thought we would die, but we definitely felt the pangs of Hell.  We looked at our situation and felt there was no way out of it.  Because we didn’t see a way out, we didn’t think God could help us either.  We seem to do that a lot.  We look at our situation, and if we can’t see a way out of it, we don’t even bother asking God for help.  I mean, what can He do anyway?  Have you ever been in a situation like that? I know I have asked people if they wanted prayers, and they asked me what God would do about it.  They said nothing could be done, so what is the point of praying?I understand where they are coming from and why they would think that way.  However, God doesn’t have to play by our rules.  He can make a way where there isn’t one.  He can save us from our problems in ways we can’t even imagine.  God’s ways are higher than ours, and His thoughts are higher than ours.  He spoke the entire world into existence. I am sure He can figure out how to get you out of whatever situation you find yourself in, even if it seems impossible.  The Lord has proven time and time again in the Bible that He can rescue His people from impossible situations.  The Israelites have found themselves in several situations where they should have died, been captured, or lost the war, yet God saved them from certa