Go the Distance

September 21

How far will the Lord guide you as you travel the Path of Life? How can you be sure He will supply your needs in the dry places where your spiritual thirst is acute? How can you know He will strengthen you when you’re too weak to manage the task of life under your own power? How can you hope to flourish when life’s challenges overwhelm you? Because His Word gives you the assurance you need as you ponder the answers to each of these questions that we all must face to some degree at some point in our lives.

In fact, we don’t need to peruse the entirety of Scripture to find the promises that He uses to assure His people of His presence in our lives and His power at our fingertips. Look at one verse, Isaiah 58:11 to find the peace His Word extends in answer to all these queries.

To the question of how far He will go with you on life’s path, this passage assures He will “guide you always.” That means He’ll go all the way with you. Will He still provide in the spiritual desert places? Here He says, “He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land.” What about your physical well-being? This passage assures that “He will strengthen your frame.”

When life’s challenges seem to dry out your strength and your resolve seems to wither like Autumn leaves, you may stand on the unfailing Word of God that says, “You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” In pondering His response to these great questions of life, He seems to be saying that He plans to go the distance with you.