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Morning, May 22 | “He led them also by a straight way.” —Psalm 107:7 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 107:1-9 (NASB)

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region;
They did not find a way to an inhabited city.
They were hungry and thirsty;
Their soul fainted within them.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He delivered them out of their distresses.
He led them also by a straight way,
To go to an inhabited city.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonders to the sons of men!
For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Changeful experience often leads the anxious believer to enquire “Why is this happening to me?” I looked for light, but darkness came; for peace, but behold trouble. I said in my heart, my mountain stands firm, I shall never be moved. Lord, you do hide your face, and I am troubled. It was but yesterday that I could read my title clearly; today my evidences are dimmed, and my hopes are clouded. Yesterday I could climb to mountain tops, view the landscape, and rejoice with confidence in my future inheritance; today, my spirit has no hopes, but many fears; no joys, but much distress. Is this part of God’s plan with me? Can this be the way in which God would bring me to heaven?

Yes, it is even so. The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God’s method of making you ripe for the great inheritance upon which you shall soon enter. These trials are for the testing and strengthening of your faith — they are waves that wash you further upon the rock — they are winds that waft your ship more swiftly towards the desired haven. According to David’s words, so it might be said of you, “so he brings them to their desired haven.” By honor and dishonor, by evil report and by good report, by plenty and by poverty, by joy and by distress, by persecution and by peace, by all these things is the life of your souls maintained, and by each of these are you helped on your way.

Oh, think not, believer, that your sorrows are out of God’s plan; they are necessary parts of it. “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22) Learn, then, even to “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials.” (James 1:2)

“O let my trembling soul be still,
And wait thy wise, thy holy will!
I cannot, Lord, thy purpose see,
Yet all is well since ruled by thee.”
(Hymn by Jim Bowring 1792-1872)

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