Sometimes
the path of life seems impossibly steep and lengthy. I have no strength and no
will for the journey. Then I remember God knew this path long before I was
called to walk it. He has always known the difficulties I would experience, the
pain that I could never explain to another. He knows and offers His presence.
Perhaps
you’re overwhelmed with sadness today. It may be the weight of a difficult
ministry; the worry of a hard marriage; the sorrow of a struggling child; the
care of an aging parent; other troubles that come with life. “Surely,” you say,
“God would not have me walk this way. There must be another, easier path for me
to travel.”
But are
any of us wise enough to know that some other way would make us into better and
wiser children? No, our Father in heaven knows the best path, out of all
possible paths, to bring us to completion (Ps. 142:3).
His ways
are higher than our ways; His thoughts higher than our thoughts (Isa. 55:9). We
can humbly take the path He has marked out for us today, and do so in absolute
trust in His infinite wisdom and love. He is wiser and more loving than we can
ever know. He who sees has foreseen and will not lead us astray.
God will
never lead you down a wrong path. (RBC)
