Isaiah 30:20-22 ESV
20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
Sometimes life sucks. Last night I decided to get a drink from my fridge only to end up slipping on water (I would call this the aforementioned "water of affliction") on my floor and slamming my foot on the corner of the wall and breaking my "ring" toe (What do you call that toe that corresponds with the ring finger?). As I hobbled back to the couch in pain, and still thirsty, I was thinking, "well this is just great. Can't a guy just relax for a day?" But, life doesn't go according to our design. God has a plan for us and sometimes that involves pain. Sometimes that means adversity and affliction. But, that doesn't mean we are lost. That doesn't mean there is no purpose. In fact, this verse says that it is in those moments of life that our Teacher, the Holy Spirit, becomes the most real to us. It is in those moments that, if we allow Him to, He shows us the way most clearly. Instead of wallowing in self-pity and doubt maybe we should be listening for the voice behind us saying, "this is the way, walk in it."
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