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Seeing Around the Bend
And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 31:8
Recommended Reading
Psalm 139:5-12
You've taken a wrong turn while driving at night through a mountainous area. There are no lights on the narrow road that is winding around the sides of mountains as you see to find your way. Every time you slowly approach another sharp bend in the road, your headlights shine straight ahead into the dark. The road bends, but your headlights don't. You can see what's on this side of the bend but the far side, around the curve, is dark and unknown.
That's how we often feel when we approach bends in the road of life. And it surely must be how Moses and Joshua felt as they prepared to take the children of Israel into the Promised Land. On their side of the Jordan River, they could see clearly, but the Canaan side was dark and unknown. That's when Moses told the people not to fear, that God would be with them, that He would never leave them or forsake them. And God later told Joshua the same thing (Joshua 1:5).
If your knowledge of the future only goes so far, and you are approaching a sharp curve, know that God is with you now and will be with you on the other side.
Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.
John R. W. Stott
Read-thru-the-Bible
2 Chronicles 35:1 -- Ezra 2:70
And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 31:8
Recommended Reading
Psalm 139:5-12
You've taken a wrong turn while driving at night through a mountainous area. There are no lights on the narrow road that is winding around the sides of mountains as you see to find your way. Every time you slowly approach another sharp bend in the road, your headlights shine straight ahead into the dark. The road bends, but your headlights don't. You can see what's on this side of the bend but the far side, around the curve, is dark and unknown.
That's how we often feel when we approach bends in the road of life. And it surely must be how Moses and Joshua felt as they prepared to take the children of Israel into the Promised Land. On their side of the Jordan River, they could see clearly, but the Canaan side was dark and unknown. That's when Moses told the people not to fear, that God would be with them, that He would never leave them or forsake them. And God later told Joshua the same thing (Joshua 1:5).
If your knowledge of the future only goes so far, and you are approaching a sharp curve, know that God is with you now and will be with you on the other side.
Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.
John R. W. Stott
Read-thru-the-Bible
2 Chronicles 35:1 -- Ezra 2:70
