Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction…Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:19–20, 21b, NIV 1984).
My Musings – “You talking to me?” – Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Taxi Driver.
As Christians, we will see our share of “the bread of adversity and the water of affliction” in this world. It’s a given. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, NIV 1984). But we do not always “hear [the] voice behind [us]” that is giving us direction.
We are more likely to ask, “why is this happening to me” rather “what am I supposed to learn from this?” As if He really isn’t talking to us at all during these times. But we can only “hear [the] voice” if we are listening for the voice. And the “why me” attitude will only keep us frozen in place, not knowing which way to “walk in it.” The “it” being whatever the current “trouble” we are facing.
“He [has] told [us] these things, so that [we] may have peace” despite “the bread of adversity and the water of affliction.”
My Advice – Listen for the “voice behind you,” and “take heart! [Because He has] overcome the world.” He will be “talking” to you.
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