I Want Evidence

Rancho Cortez, Bandera, Texas
 

" 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 things I will do; I will not forsake them." Isaiah 42:16

 

When my faith fails me, I feel like a failure.  We hear, walk by faith, not by sight but argue how that premise is easier said than done.  I want evidence. I want something tangible. But that is not His way.  Why does He make things so complicated?  Why can't He just tell us exactly what to do? The truth is, He does, we are just "blind" to it.

 

The path I have chosen for myself has been a rocky one.  In my stubbornness, I trudged through the rocks and boulders of life doing things my way.  In my darkness, I stumbled over and over not realizing that I was the real cause of my stumbling.  Yes, we have an adversary and yes, he will trip us up...but we let him. By our free will, we let our adversary play by his rules.  We crumble in a heap and wonder how we got to this place. We try, by our own strength, to get back up never realizing that our own strength is no match for the one setting up the rocks. And once again we find ourselves in darkness. 

 

The promise is this, "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These things I will do; I will not forsake them." 

 

The road ahead, the looming future, is an unfamiliar path.  I have no idea what is in store for me or the ones I love.  What I do know, with full certainty, is that the God I serve...does know.  Because God is not a liar and because God never breaks a promise, He will guide me and lead me, making the rough places smooth. 

My evidence is this: What God says He will do, He will do.  

 

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