THE LORD SHALL GUIDE THEE CONTINUALLY

 

 

JANUARY 11
 
The Lord shall guide thee continually.
Isaiah 58:11

 
The Lord's people are singular in their practices, 

and they have singular privileges.
 
The ruling desire of their souls is to be right.
  To think right.
     To do right.
         To go right.
They feel they are sinners, and
   therefore daily plead for sanctification.
 
They know they are in danger, and
   therefore daily pray to be kept.
They are liable to go wrong, and
    therefore they desire a constant guide.
 
Here the promise of God meets them,
   the Lord stoops to their needs and
     gratifies their desires, he says,
“I will guide thee.”
 
Beloved, our journey is through a trackless desert;
  we know not a footing of the road,
  all before us is untrodden path;
  the road is lined with snares and dangers,
  there are many by paths,
  let us therefore lay hold of these precious promises,
“The Lord shall guide thee continually.”
 
He knows the path.
He knows our frame.
He knows every foe.
He knows what we want,
  when we want, and
   how much we shall want;
     let us therefore put the hand of our faith
     into the hand of his special Providence,
and say,
 
Guide me, oh thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven,
Feed me till! I want no more.
 
James Smith 1849