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Morning and Evening

December 27, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"And the LORD shall guide thee continually." — Isaiah 58:11 · KJV

"The Lord shall guide thee." Not an angel, but YAHWEH shall guide you. 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 Yahweh 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 to have a perpetual monitor; not occasionally to be left to our own understanding and so to wander, but 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 must change your position in life; if you must emigrate to distant shores; if it should happen that you are cast into poverty, or lifted suddenly into a more responsible position than the one you now hold; if you are thrown among strangers, or cast among foes — yet tremble not, for "the Lord shall guide thee continually." There is no dilemma out of which you shall not be delivered, if you live near to God and keep your heart 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. "Yahweh" — mark the word — "Yahweh shall guide thee continually."