It was not the smoothest way,
nor the shortest way,
nor the most frequented way,
but it was the BEST way!
It was the only RIGHT way!
He intended to prove them, and to display His wonders, and this way afforded an opportunity for both. Thus, it is with all God's people.
He has marked out the way in His unerring wisdom,
He guides them into it,
He tries them by it,
He leads them along it, and
glorifies Himself by doing so!
God's way is always contrary to that which the flesh and blood would choose.
We want ease,
plenty,
pleasure,
and honor.
But the Lord intends that we shall have faith,
humility,
patience,
fortitude, and
confidence in Himself alone.
His design is to empty us,
to strip us,
to humble us,
to force us before His throne of grace,
to endear the adorable Savior,
to sweeten the precious promises,
to make Heaven more desirable!
And this He effects, by sanctifying the trials, the losses, the disappointments, and the troubles we meet with along the narrow way.
Beloved, is yours a rough way,
a trying path,
a perplexing road?
It is the RIGHT way! The Lord is leading you, and He never leads wrong!
[James Smith]
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Isaiah 49:10 ... They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Psalm 107:7 ... And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Hebrews 11:16 ... But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. ❤
