The Lord shall guide you continually. (Isaiah 58:11)
What distresses you? Have you lost your way? Are you entangled in the dark forest and cannot find your paths? HE knows the way, and he will direct you in it if you will cry out to Him and request rescue.
Every day brings its own perplexity. How sweet it is to feel that the guidance of the Lord is continual! If we choose our own way or consult with flesh and blod we cast out the Lord’s guidance; but if we abstain from self-will, then He will direct every step of our road, every hour of the day, and every day of the year, and every year of our lives. If we will be guided, we shall receive His guidance. If we will commit our way unto the Lord, He will direct our course so that we shall not lose ourselves.
But note to whom this promise is made. Read the previous verse. It says: “If you draw out our soul to the hungry.”
(We are being taught to be charitable and kindly in a modern cold hearted world.)
We must feel for others and give them, not a few dry crusts, but such things as we ourselves would wish to receive. If we show a tender care for our fellow-creatures in the hour of their need, then will the Lord attend to our necessities and make Himself our continual Guide. Jesus is the Leader, not of misers, not of those who oppress the poor and miserable, but of the kind and tender-hearted. Such persons are pilgrims who shall never miss their way.
