March 23
A SURE GUIDE
"I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not" Isa. 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!