MORNING MANNA 4-25-23
TRUSTING GOD’S GUIDANCE
“For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.”- Deuteronomy 32:9-12
The hymn book can be a great benefit to those who yearn for inspiration and instruction. It gives us much to ponder, especially when we know the history behind the hymn. Below, Paul Chappell shares the story associated with the song and I pray it will be a blessing to you.-HDS
“Robert Lowry was saved as a teenager and not long after decided to train for the ministry. A gifted preacher, Lowry also wrote a number of hymns. Based on his work, Lowry was asked by the Biglow and Main Company, one of the largest hymnal publishers in the country, to become their hymnal editor. Some time later he received a poem in the mail from Fanny Crosby for the first time. Taken by the words, Lowry composed a tune to go with it, and it was first published in 1875.”
All the way my Savior leads me–
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
God always knows where we are going and how He will arrange to lead us if we trust Him for guidance. Nothing takes Him by surprise. He never has to adjust a plan to deal with something unexpected that came up. Even when we cannot see how He is guiding us, we can rest confidently in His promise that He will. It is easy to trust God when things are going the way we think they should, but He is just as faithful when we are confused and find things hard. That is the essence of faith. Oswald Chambers wrote, “Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.”
Even if we cannot see how or why God is working, we can trust Him to do what is best.
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
