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"And the LORD shall guide thee continually."
--Isaiah 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."