Spurgeon Meditations

 

And the LORD shall guide thee continually.

Isa 58 11

The Lord shall guide thee. Not an angel but JEHOVAH shall guide thee. He said He would not go through the wilderness before His people an angel should go before them to lead them in the way; but Moses said If Thy presence go not with me,carry us not up hence. Christian God has not left you in your earthly pilgrimage to an angel's guidance: He Himself leads the van. You may not see the cloudy fiery pillar but Jehovah will never forsake you. Notice the word shall--"The Lord shall guide thee." How certain this makes it! How sure it is that God will not forsake us! His precious "shalls" and "wills" are better than men's oaths. "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." Then observe the adverb continually. We are not merely to be guided sometimes but we are to have a perpetual monitor; not occasionally to be left to our own understanding and so to wander but we are continually to hear the guiding voice of the Great Shepherd; and if we follow close at His heels we shall not err but be led by a right way to a city to dwell in. If you have to change your position in life; if you have to emigrate to distant shores; if it should happen that you are cast into poverty or uplifted suddenly into a more responsible position than the one you now occupy; if you are thrown among strangers or cast among foes yet tremble not for "the Lord shall guide thee continually." There are no dilemmas out of which you shall not be delivered if you live near to God and your heart be kept warm with holy love. He goes not amiss who goes in the company of God. Like Enoch walk with God and you cannot mistake your road. You have infallible wisdom to direct you immutable love to comfort you and eternal power to defend you. "Jehovah"--mark the word--"Jehovah shall guide thee continually."


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