And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left (Isa. 30:21).
This is a promise of divine guidance. Every new day is a road to travel; a path to walk, to run, possibly to climb. The promise is that when we turn off the path we shall hear a voice saying, "This is the way. Come back and walk in it."
A number of years ago a man was lost in the dense fog of the Welsh mountains and wandered about for two days and a night trying to find a way back to human habitation. He had never felt so lonely, so completely forsaken, so lost. Finally, he heard someone say, "I wonder if he might have come this way." Then he realized that others were looking for him. There are many who have turned from the right way and are wandering about in the fog of broken hopes and shattered plans. They think they are utterly alone and forsaken. Then they hear a voice. Someone is seeking them, calling them back to the right way.
But there is something that we ourselves must do to find the right way. "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls" (Jer. 6:16). There are many ways, but only in the good way shall we find soul rest.
The psalmist must have known something of this cry of the soul for light when the path is dark. "Deep calleth unto deep," he says (Ps. 42:7). Out of the depths of humanity's need comes the cry for help, and out of the depths of God's love comes His answer: "This is the way, walk ye in it." It is the old way, "the way of holiness" (Isa. 35:8), "a new and living way" (Heb. 10:20), and those who walk in it are referred to as "those of the way."
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Search me, O God, and know my heart:...and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Ps. 139:23, 24).
This is a promise of divine guidance. Every new day is a road to travel; a path to walk, to run, possibly to climb. The promise is that when we turn off the path we shall hear a voice saying, "This is the way. Come back and walk in it."
A number of years ago a man was lost in the dense fog of the Welsh mountains and wandered about for two days and a night trying to find a way back to human habitation. He had never felt so lonely, so completely forsaken, so lost. Finally, he heard someone say, "I wonder if he might have come this way." Then he realized that others were looking for him. There are many who have turned from the right way and are wandering about in the fog of broken hopes and shattered plans. They think they are utterly alone and forsaken. Then they hear a voice. Someone is seeking them, calling them back to the right way.
But there is something that we ourselves must do to find the right way. "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls" (Jer. 6:16). There are many ways, but only in the good way shall we find soul rest.
The psalmist must have known something of this cry of the soul for light when the path is dark. "Deep calleth unto deep," he says (Ps. 42:7). Out of the depths of humanity's need comes the cry for help, and out of the depths of God's love comes His answer: "This is the way, walk ye in it." It is the old way, "the way of holiness" (Isa. 35:8), "a new and living way" (Heb. 10:20), and those who walk in it are referred to as "those of the way."
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Search me, O God, and know my heart:...and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Ps. 139:23, 24).
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