Lord, how can we know the way?
By J. R. Miller from Evening Thoughts,
1907. Thomas said to him, Lord, how
can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way. John chapter 14 verse 5 and 6 This is the first day of a new
year. We are setting out on a journey of which we can have no knowledge
in advance. The road is one on which we have
never gone hitherto. We know not what any day will
have for us, what our duties will be, what burdens shall be
laid upon us, what sorrows we shall have to endure, what battles
we shall have to fight. it. We cannot see one step before
us. How can we know the way? As we
sit in the quiet this first evening and ask the question, we hear
an answer which is full of comfort. Jesus says to us, I am the way. All we shall have to do, therefore,
will be to follow Jesus. He has made a way through this
dark world for us. He has gone over all the journey
and opened a road for us at great cost. He went over the way Himself. We shall find His shoe prints
at every step. He has a definite way for each
of us. Every mile of the journey He
has chosen, and every place where I pitch my tent, He has selected
for me. Leaving you an example, so that
you should follow in His steps. 1 Peter 2.21 So, Abraham called that place
Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide, Genesis 22, verse 14. Write deep in your heart this
New Year's Day, this word of sublime confidence. Jehovah Jireh,
it tells you that you can trust God's ways, that no promise of
His ever fails, that He does all things well, that out of
all seeming loss and destruction of human hopes, He brings blessing. You have never traveled this
way before. Joshua 3, verse 4. There will
be sorrows and joys, failures and successes this year, just
as there were last year. You cannot forecast individual
experiences. You cannot see a step before
your feet. Yet Jehovah-Jireh calls you to
enter the new year with calm trust in Him. It bids you put
away all anxieties and forebodings. The Lord will provide. you