Don Moen - God Will Make A Way Lyrics

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Don Moen - God Will Make A Way | Live Worship Sessions

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I was listening to that live track from 1990 again, the one about God making a way, and I keep getting stuck on the part about the roadway in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. It pulls right from Isaiah, that promise about God doing a new thing when everything feels dry and impossible. It’s comforting, really, to think that when I’m staring at a dead end, there’s already a path being built that I just can’t see yet. It makes me think of the Israelites, honestly, how they were always needing a way through when it looked like they were going to starve or get crushed. God didn't just tell them to wait; He provided.

But then I stop and wonder if I’m reading too much of my own desire for comfort into it. The song says He will make a way for me, and I want that to be true, but sometimes the "way" isn't a shortcut out of the struggle. Sometimes the way is through the wilderness itself. I look at those lyrics about heaven and earth fading but the Word remaining, and that’s solid—it’s straight out of what Jesus said about His words never passing away. That feels like the anchor. Yet, I struggle with whether I’m just singing about God fixing my problems or if I’m actually trusting Him when the way He provides is silence or a long, hard stretch of sand. Does He always move the mountain, or does He just give me the strength to walk when there’s no road? I suppose if the focus is on Him being the guide and holding me close, maybe the specific path doesn't matter as much as who I'm walking with, though that's easier to say when things aren't actually falling apart.