Category: Devotion of the Day

I will even make a way in the wilderness.
Isaiah 43:19

When I tread an unknown maze and can discern no path I find myself humming a little chorus:

“My Lord knows the way through the wilderness;
All I have to do is to follow.
Strength for the day,
Is mine all the way,
And all that I need for tomorrow.
My Lord knows the way through the wilderness;
All I have to do is to follow.”

“Thou knewest my path.” “I being in the way the Lord led me.” “He leadeth me…” “Commit thy way…” Oh, the Book is full of it – My Lord knows the way!

Better still, He is the way. It was an African guide who said, “There is no way…I am the way.” My Lord offers me no road map to figure out alone. He Himself is the Way, and He goes along. That is so much better. I might get lost on a path, I need a Person. He is my Way and …

“All I have to do is to follow.”

GOD’S COMPENSATIONS

The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.
II Chronicles 25:9

Amaziah had hired an army of Israel to fight Edom, when he should have relied upon God. When a prophet advised against it Amaziah was concerned about the money he had paid out for such assistance. The prophet answered with our text. In other words, God is able to make up any loss we sustain when we give up anything for Him.

We are prone to seek help from the world when confronted with a crisis. To give it up leaves us with a helpless feeling. What about the sacrifices we make and the money we lose? But we only give up trash for treasures and rags for riches. God can and will abundantly compensate us for any loss we sustain. After all, we never lose anything by utter reliance on God. We but get rid of hindrances. It is never a losing proposition to trust God. When to us to live is Christ, then to die is gain, and even death pays dividends.

The Lord is able to give us much more than we lose when we part with all else to trust Him.