March 3

Ye have not passed this way heretofore.—Joshua 3:4.

DO I think often on the uncertainties of the future—that I know not what a day may bring forth, and that I must pass through paths entirely unknown to me, on my way to the rest of heaven? Have I that confidence in God's wisdom and goodness, that entire trust in his guidance, that assurance of his favor and support, which will smooth the roughest path, and give light to the darkest way? Do I take comfort from the fact, that though the path is untrodden by me, yet the Saviour trod it while on earth, and that he will guide me safely in it?

We are like little children strayed from home, and God is now fetching us back. But we are ready to turn into any house, and stay and play with everything in our way, and sit down on every green bank, and there is much ado to get us home.—BAXTER.

What a happy thought it is, that though we know not where the way winds, we know where it ends. We cannot track the road, but we know that it leads to heaven. God help us all to pursue the true pilgrimage of a faithful Christian life.—SPURGEON.

With a childlike trust I give my hand,

To the mighty Friend at my side;

And the only thing that to him I say,

As he takes it, is, "Hold me fast,

And suffer me not to lose my way,

But bring me home at last."