DIVINELY GUIDED by Spurgeon

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 24, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 25.

DIVINELY GUIDED.

By Spurgeon

FAITH travels in an unseen track to honor and glory, neither shall anything turn her aside. Her way may not be plain at this moment, but it shall be made so. God is with those who trust in him; and what or whom shall we fear when God is with us? In due time the hand of the Lord shall be seen.

Sometimes the way of the Lord is mysterious and perplexing. I have known the best of men to say, "I long to do right, and by God's grace I will not stoop to do anything which is evil; but which out of the two ways now before me is the right way? Each of them seems to be both hopeful and doubtful; which way shall I turn?"

This is a condition which causes great anxiety to one who is deeply earnest to be right. Oh, for an oracle which could plainly indicate the path! Superstition and fanaticism shall not be gratified by either voice or dream, but yet "the way of the righteous shall be made plain." Brother, when you do not know your way, ask your Guide. Stand still and pray. If you cannot find the way upon the chart, commit yourself to the divine guidance by prayer. Down upon your knees and cry to the Lord. Few go wrong when they pray over their movements, and use the judgment which God has given them. The last is not to be omitted, for I have known persons to pray about a matter which was perfectly clear to anyone with half a grain of sense. In order to escape from an evident but an unpleasant duty, they have talked about praying over it. Where a plain command is given, an unmistakable finger points out the way, hesitation is rebellion. Sluggards make prayer an excuse for doing nothing; on the other hand, willful people make up their mind, and then pray; and this is sheer hypocrisy.

Oh, to be right with God; yea, to be right with him in our daily life and private walk! Let that be the case and our way shall be judged of by the Lord as his own royal highway, and upon it the light of his love shall shine, so that it shall become brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.—Spurgeon.