WAYMAKER GOD

Isaiah 43:15-19

I am the LORD, your Holy One,

    Israel’s Creator, your King.”

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This is what the LORD says—
    he who made a way through the sea,

    a path through the mighty waters,

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who drew out the chariots and horses,
    the army and reinforcements together,

and they lay there, never to rise again,

    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

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“Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.

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See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

    and streams in the wasteland.

A brief background to the passage

"I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King." Thus says the LORD, Who
makes a way through the sea and a path through the mighty waters... (Isaiah 43:15-16)

Ang Context po kasi nito ay nakita ni Prophet Isaiah yung darating na great difficulty sa mga
Israelites kung saan po ang Judah ay mabibihag ng mga taga-Babylonia na kalaban po nila.
Mawawasak po yung bahay at mga templo nila, Sila po ay aalisin sa mga tahanan nila at
dadalhin sa bansa o lugar na di nila kilala. At nangyari nga po itong Babylonian exile in 586 BC.
At sa Pagkabihag po nila ng matagal sa Babylonia, ang nagging tanong po sa mga puso nila

- May Pag-asa pa ba?

- Makakalabas pa ba kami sa imposibleng situation na to?

- May paraan pa ba na malagpasan naming to?

Sa text po natin, makikita po natin yung pagpapaalala ng Lord sa:

1. Naranasan ng mga tao sa Egypt – Pagkaalipin, sumisimbulo po sa pagkaalipin sa

kasalanan, sins, bad habits.

2. Pagkatapos po, Ilalabas na sila ng Panginoon, but along the way bago po sila tumawid
sa Red sea, na-trap sila and they do not know what to do and where to go.

a. Naransan niyo na po ba yung feeling na you are trapped in a situation?

i. Lord anong gagawin ko? Di ko na alam yung gagawin ko

ii. Paano ko to malalampasan o malulusutan.

3. And the Lord is also telling in our text, Yung captivity na mararanasan nila sa Babylon,
na mauulit yung pagkabihag niyo, na hindi man ngayon pero darating yung difficult time
sa buhay mo.

Pero pinapalakas po tayo ng Lord ditto kung saan po sinasabi Niya na Yes you have gone
through or you will go through this difficult or impossible time in your life. But I want you to have
confidence in me because I am your Way Maker.

God will make a way!

1. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY, BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS.

He begins by reminding them that He is the Lord

“I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator and King.”

- Bakit po nagpapakilala ang Diyos?

- Minsan po kapag po nasa gitna tayo ng mahirap na sitwasyon nakakalimutan po natin
yung pagkakilala natin sa Diyos. Nakakalimutan natin na He is our Lord.
- Sabi po Niya:
- I am the Lord - Hawak po Niya ang buhay natin.
- Your Holy One – Kapag Nakita mo ang kabanalan ng Diyos, makikita mon a
makasalanan ka and you are in need of a Saviour.
- The Creator of Israel (Well, He reminded them that He is the Creator of Israel.
Israel, God’s people, didn’t come into being by accident. It was through the plan and
purpose of the eternal God. So, the Lord was saying to them in so many words ‘I created
you. You are mine. Do you really think that I am going to forget you or let you go?’)
 - Your King (Israel may suffer under the king of Babylon, but they were not to
fear this earthly ‘king’. The real King was still overlooking all that occurred.)

- As we walk with the Lord, nakikilala natin kung sino ang Panginoon sa ating buhay, we begin
to see that He is our Healer, He is our Master, He is our Light, He is our Provider.

Nagpapakilala po ang Diyos and He wants us to know Him more. That in the midst of every
situation we must have a new revelation of who God is. Familiarity brings contentment but be
aware not to become so familiar that we lose sight of the newness and freshness of who Jesus
is.

Palagi pong may laging bagong rebelasyon si Hesus kung sino Siya.

Ngayon pong umaga, ang prayer ko po, ano man yung sitwasyon na pinagdadaanan niyo
ngayon, magkaroon po tayo ng bagong rebelasyon kung sino ang Panginoon.

Purihin po ang Panginoon.

God will make a way because of who He is.

Not only that we should be reminded of who He is when times seems impossible but we must
be reminded of what He did in the past.

2. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY, AS WHAT HE DID IN THE PAST

- In verse 16, God reminded the people that He made a way through the sea. (pinaalalahanan
ng Diyos ang mga tao na gumawa Siya ng daan sa dagat.)

Bakit po pinapaalala ng Diyos yung ginawa Niyang paghati sa Red sea? Yung pagliligtas Niya
sa mga Israelites sa Egypt? Ano pong kinalaman nun sa magiging pagkabihag nila sa Babylon?

 Maybe God wants to remind them, Anak inalis na kita sa Egypt naalala mo?
Yung times that they have been a slave and trapped in Egypt. Pinapaalala ng Lord kasi baka
some of us here are still slaves to sins, habits, sickness, past, You know God wants to set
you free.
- If alcohol is holding you, get up and leave that land,
- If an addiction is holding you, get up and leave that land,
- Or a bad habit is holding you, get up and leave that land,
- if an affair is holding you, get up and leave that land
The Lord will bring you into a good and spacious place, why spacious? Because you’re going to
need a plenty of land to grow a great big harvest.
God will position you into a harvest.
He will position to a place where the harvest of souls is plenty. A place where He will bless you.

 God wants to remind them also, Anak naalala mo kung paano kita ano yung
naranasan mo sa Egypt at kung paano kita niligtas sa pagkakabihag dun?
God is telling them how they experienced a difficult time when they are still slave in Egypt and
How they will experience a same difficult time in Babylon. Pareho lang din yung mangyayari,
mauulit lang din yung pagkabihag nila.

Sino po dito sainyo yung nakaranas ng mahirap na sitwasyon o sakit o problema, tapos
naranasan niyo yung pagliligtas ng Panginoon. Pagkatapos ng ilang buwan, ilang taon
naransan niyo ulit yung parehong pangyayari? Parang masasabi niyo, ganito na naman. Naulit
na naman.

- Sa mga pagkakataon pong yun? Ano po ang sinasabi sainyo ng Panginoon?

- God wants to tell you na kung paano ka Niya niligtas o tinugon nung panahon na yun,
He will also do the same.

Alam niyo po:

 When the Israelites began their journey, God specifically lead them in a path where they
would avoid trouble and confrontation.( partikular na pinangungunahan sila ng Diyos sa
isang landas kung saan maiiwasan nila ang gulo

 Exodus 13:17 tells us ‘When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the
road through the Philistine country(Filistia), though that was shorter. Hindi sila
pinaraan dun ng Diyos bagamat yun yung pinakamalapit o pinakamaiksing daan
(Sometimes, what seems to be the shorter way is not the best way). For God said,
"If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt." So God led the
people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of
Egypt armed for battle.’ Sabi ng Lord, baka pag napasubo agad sa laban yung mga
Israelita magbago yung isip nila tapos bumalik sila sa Egipto.

 So habang nagpapatuloy sila sa daan na hinanda ng Diyos palabas ng Egypt, mas nagiging
mahirap sa kanila lalo na nung narating nila yund dead end dahil dagat na yung nasa harap nila
tapos nasa likuran naman nila humahabol yung mga Egyptian. (Exo. 14:1-3)

Pero lahat po yun ay parte ng Plano ng Diyos.

  Minsan sa paglalakbay mo, makakarating ka sa lugar o sitwasyon na parang wala ng
pag-asa. Yun na po yung pagkakataon para ipakita ng Diyos yung pagkilos Niya.

 With no way back and no way forward, God does what God does best - The
impossible.
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 He made a way where, naturally speaking, there was no way. ‘ Moses answered the
people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will
bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will
fight for you; you need only to be still."... Then Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned
it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry
ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.’ (Exodus 14:13-14, 21-22)

 When you are trap into a situation and don’t see a way out of it, it is for God to show His
gory
 God wants to reveal His glory to you.

 Lazarus death
 John 11:4
When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's
glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it."

When He brings you into an impossible situation it is to show you that with Him all things are
possible and many of you here today are facing a red sea in your life. (Kapag dinala ka niya sa
isang imposible na sitwasyon ay upang ipakita sa iyo na posible sa Kanya ang lahat ng bagay
posible at marami sa iyo ngayon ang nakaharap sa isang pulang dagat sa iyong buhay.)

- In your Family, finances, career

This is the way the Lord has led you to show you and to show the world that He can make a
way into the red sea. (Ito ang paraan na pinangunahan ka ng Panginoon upang ipakita sa iyo at
upang ipakita sa mundo na makagawa Siya ng isang daan papunta sa pulang dagat.)

So, this is what God wanted the people of Israel in the days of Isaiah to remember. He is STILL
the God who makes a way through the sea.

He is our way Maker!

He made a way when there seems to be no way!

God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength
For each new day
He will make a way
He will make a way

By a roadway in the wilderness

He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today

God is our way Maker!

He made a way when there seems to be no way! Palakpak po tayo sa Panginoon.

Sabi po sa kanta: You tore the veil, You made a way when You said that it is done
Ibig sabihin po when Jesus died and said that it is done, He set us free from the power of sin,
from bondages. His death gave us the confidence to come to the Father
Heb. 10:19-20
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by
the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Mga kapatid, yamang may kalayaan ngang makapasok sa dakong banal

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sa pamamagitan ng dugo ni Jesus, Sa pamamagitan ng daang bago at

buhay na kaniyang itinalaga sa atin, sa pamamagitan ng tabing, sa
makatuwid baga'y sa kaniyang laman;

*But He doesn’t want us to just dwell (manatili) in the past, but to keep moving forward.
(magpatuloy na sumulong) Because He will do something new.

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“Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.

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See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland.

3. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY, FOR HE MADE A PROMISE.

The Lord is true to His promises

- He who promised is faithful (Heb. 10:23) God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Gagawa siya ng daan o kaparaanan dahil nangako Siya.

The verse earlier on in Isaiah chapter 43:2 says ‘When you pass through the waters, I will be
with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk
through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.’  But praise God that
He also adds that ‘I will be with you!’ That makes all the difference.

Hindi mahalaga kung mahina ka o mahirap ang dadaanan mo, ang mahalaga ay kung sino ang
sumasaiyo. Wag kang hahakbang ng walang pangungusap ng Diyos. Wag kang hahakbang
kung hindi ka sasamahan ng Panginoon.

 Israel is told to look to the past by remembering the great things God did for them
at the Red Sea. But in Isa. 43:18-19

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs
up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
(Isaiah 43:18-19)

 This shows us that there is a sense in which we remember the past, in terms of God’s
great work on our behalf.
 There is also a sense in which we must forsake and forget the past, with all it’s
discouragement and defeat and move on to what God has for us in the future.

Do not remember the former things:

 God wants to put their eyes on the new work He will do,(Ito po yung pangako Niya e) so
it begins with a reminder to not remember the former things. (Nais ng Diyos na ilagay
ang kanilang mga mata sa bagong gawain na gagawin niya, kaya nagsisimula ito sa
isang paalala na hindi alalahanin ang mga dating bagay.)
 If they are stuck in failure and sin and discouragement of the past they will never go
forward to the new things God has for them. (Kung sila ay natigil sa kabiguan at
kasalanan at panghinaan ng loob ng nakaraang panahon ay hindi na nila itutuloy ang
mga bagong bagay na mayroon ang Diyos para sa kanila.)

IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WAY, YOU NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD. TAKE ACTION.
BEGIN TO STEP OUT IN FAITH AND SAY “THIS SITUATION IS GONNA CHANGE”

I’M NOT GONNA LET MY LIFE BE DICTATED BY THIS SITUATION.

Be intentional! However, It is not the intention per se that will determine your destiny but
by the direction you take.

Conclusion
You may be in the place right now where you can see the mighty waters rising around you. The
trials and difficulties of this life may be coming against you in way that seems like there is no
way out. If that is so then please remember that God is One who ‘makes a way’.

(Maaaring nasa lugar ka na ngayon kung saan makikita mo ang malakas na tubig na umaakyat
sa paligid mo. Ang mga pagsubok at paghihirap sa buhay na ito ay maaaring dumating laban sa
iyo sa paraang tila walang paraan. Kung ganoon ay mangyaring tandaan na ang Diyos ay Isa
na 'gumagawa ng paraan'.)

Ang prayer ko po this morning na dumating man tayo sa pagkakataon na it seems that there is
no way out, parang imposible na maayos o walang kaparaanan. Prayer ko po na Makita natin
ang Diyos ay gumagawa ng daan, ng kaparaanan at himala, With Him all things are possible.

He is the Way Maker

He is the Miracle Worker

He is the Promise Keeper

Our Light in the Darkness

1. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY, BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS.

2. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY, AS WHAT HE DID IN THE PAST

3. GOD WILL MAKE A WAY, FOR HE MADE A PROMISE.

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