Isaiah 42:16
"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."
And so, when I find myself groping blindly along ways I don't know, along unfamiliar paths, I can rest assured that He will guide me. What a word of promise to hang onto.
On one hand, it's a little frightening to receive a verse like this. It's not as though I haven't traveled along many unknown and unfamiliar paths, it's just that I can't help but wonder if things are going to be such that I will need this verse and the truths it teaches to hang onto to. Is God preparing me for even more unfamiliar paths by showing me these truths?
Just when I start to permit my thoughts to travel down that foreboding trail, God reminds me that He has not given me a spirit of fear. God is not the author of anything grounded in fear. This, then, is a reminder that in the seeming darkness through which I have traveled, God has been with me. He has been my guide. It is He who has turned the darkness into light and He has never forsaken me, nor will He.
A promise for the past and a promise for the future. A reminder that even if I encounter strange, unknown paths where I am seemingly blind, I have no reason to fear. Why should I fear when God almighty has promised to be my guide, to smoothen the rough places for me, to shed light on the path and that He will never forsake me.
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