God Leads Us Along

My trials are so tiny compared to many and I think of those missionaries and fellow Believers living under persecution...in prison for their faith, facing death- their own, a child's, a loved one...this song encouraged me in my small trials. I just thank the Lord that He cares for me and my trials both big and small. Some are facing trying times with their grown children, some are turning to drugs, alchohol and other addictions. Satan's lies have led you there...flee from his vices laid as traps to enslave you as he seeks to devour you with guilt, bitterness, sorrow...flee dear Believer!! God cares for you..He wants to heal you, lead you along and take you through fire, the flood...He takes you as you are with a repentant heart and a desire to trust and follow Him as your Lord and Savior. Have you truly trusted Him? Do you see His hand in your life? Have you departed from His light and walked your own path? Return to Him- He will show you the way when you forsake your own way. Notice in the song below that the word "lead" is used. He does not drag us or force us in His way...we must follow Him. His chastisement though it may seem harsh or hard to bear is a tremendous display of His loving us enough to get our attention and to wake those who "sleep" in their sin. He has opened my eyes to many destructive things in my heart by way of chastisement..things I refused to look at, He helped me "see". - Trust Him, in reverence, fear Him and love Him enough to know His way is the only way for a "full" life. Apart from Him, all is lost works are dead...prayers cannot be heard until one is repentant and their fellowship restored. I have felt such a burden lately for my fellow Believers and I can tell the evil one is raging against us now more than ever that we might fall into his carefully laid snares. Oh Lord hedge us about! Restore the prodigals...lead them and may their hearts turn to follow.

In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet,

God leads His dear children along;

Where the water’s cool flow bathes the weary one’s feet,

God leads His dear children along.
Refrain
Some through the waters,

some through the flood,Some through the fire,

but all through the blood;

Some through great sorrow,

but God gives a song,

In the night season and all the day long.
Sometimes on the mount where the sun shines so bright,

God leads His dear children along;

Sometimes in the valley, in darkest of night,

God leads His dear children along.
Refrain
Though sorrows befall us and evils oppose,

God leads His dear children along;

Through grace we can conquer, defeat all our foes,

God leads His dear children along.
Refrain
Away from the mire, and away from the clay,

God leads His dear children along;

Away up in glory,eternity’s day,

God leads His dear children along.-

George A. Young 1903

I must say, that at times...in the valley, in the darkest of night...the fellowship with my Heavenly Father has never been sweeter. He's there...and He is more than just a feeling or an emotional experience...His presence just IS unexplainable and not something light to be sought after or to satisfy a curiosity. The greater the trial and the heavier the circumstance..the more the grace is poured out and more apparent is revelation of His Almighty power and unfathomable love and mercy. Seek with all your heart for the right reasons and you will find Him in an indescribable way. His ways are beyond the grasping of my finite mind...I discover this more and more...my words just stop because of my human ignorance of what MIGHTY God we serve. What a true honor to even be allowed to speak of Him to praise Him. Again, there are no words just tears of expression for how He fills-overflows my heart... (comments are disabled for this post)