HOLDING TO GOD’S UNCHANGING HAND

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  (Psalm 23:1 NKJV)

And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.  (John 10:4 NKJV)                                                  

Do you need guidance as you walk the path of life? Look to Jesus; it is always possible to discern His form, though partially veiled in mist; and when it is lost, be sure to stand still until He comes back to find and re-establish the blessed connection. Do not look to impressions which often contradict one another, which rise and fall with variable fickleness, and are like the tides upon a flowing current; do not seek for guidance from friends who will differ from each other, and no two of which will give the same advice on the same grounds, but look always to Christ; throw on Him the responsibility of making you know the way you are to take; leave it to Him to make it so abundantly clear that you cannot do anything else but to follow; even tell Him that you will stand still until He puts His arms under you, and carries you where He would have you be. Do not get anxious or confused. Put the government of your life upon His shoulder, and leave Him to execute His plan.

Sometimes He guides us to the rest of the green pastures, and the quiet of the still waters. In other words, we are left through happy months and years to fulfill the ordinary commonplaces of life, content to fill a little space, and receiving great increments of spiritual force for future service. At other times, we are guided from the lowland pastures up into the hills. The way is sunny, above us the steep cliffs, beneath the dark muddy stream; but this is well; we would not always be lying in the pastures or walking softly by the waters. It is good to climb the heights with their far view and invigorating air.

In the late afternoon the Shepherd may lead his flock back into the valleys, through the dark woods, where the branches meet overhead and the wild animal lurks in ambush, but we know that in one hand He has the rod or club, with which to defeat anything that may attack; and in the other the crook to drag us out of the hole. He would not lead us into the dark valley which He had not explored, and whose dangers He was not prepared to overcome. Darkness, sorrow, or death do not prove that we have missed His guidance, or have taken the wrong path, but rather that He accounts us able to bear the trial by faith in Himself.  Are you holding to God’s unchanging hand?

PRAYER

Tell us, Lord, where You are leading Your flock to-day, that we may follow Your tracks. We do not ask You to come our way, but to teach us Yours.   In Jesus name we ask it, AMEN.

God's Daily Promise

Promise #36:
I have blotted out your sins and dissolved them like the mist. 

Isaiah 44:22 (WEB)
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,
and, as a cloud, your sins.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you.