A Sure Guide

[Chad]

A Sure Guide
C.H. Spurgeon

I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not. (Isaiah 42:16)

Think of the infinitely glorious Jehovah acting as a Guide to the blind! What boundless condescension does this imply! A blind man cannot find a way which he does not know. Even when he knows the road, it is hard for him to traverse it; but a road which he has not known is quite out of the question for his unguided feet. Now, we are by nature blind as to the way of salvation, and yet the Lord leads us into it and brings us to Himself, and then opens our eyes. As to the future, we are all of us blind and cannot see an hour before us; but the Lord Jesus will lead us even to our journey's end. Blessed be His name!

We cannot guess in which way deliverance can possibly come to us, but the Lord knows, and He will lead us till we shall have escaped every danger. Happy are those who place their hand in that of the great Guide and leave their way and themselves entirely with Him. He will bring them all the way; and when He has brought them home to glory and has opened their eyes to see the way by which He has led them, what a song of gratitude will they sing unto their great Benefactor! Lord, lead Thy poor blind child this day, for I know not my way!

 

[Coconut]

Do you realize if you take a child for a walk in the forest..or by a stream...or through a meadow... they are fearless. Not only that, but quite the opposite of fear...they are enthralled with the discoveries of the moment...every moment...knowing nothing except they are on an adventure with the one holding their hand...they don`t know they are supposed to be worried about getting lost...or what the path will be like ...or if there are dangers...or if they are safe...

Like a child ...there is joy, and peace, and rest to be found by letting go of 'life' and simply clinging to the hand of the life giver.

Trust...such a simple and wonderful thing...if life has taught me anything, it is this one thing. I would rather have child-like trust in my guide...than possess all the wisdom known to man.

It is not simply good to trust Christ...it is absolutely crucial if I want to walk in His kingdom with Him.


Mat 18:3 And [Jesus] said, "Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." BBE