WHAT a sad picture! Without the necessities of life, and weary in body with their long tramp, they rest by the roadside.
Why does God allow hard times to come, and why does He not give us all that we might wish?
We must first remember that this whole scene is ruined by sin, and the Lord allows us all to share in its results while we are here.
When we who are His own go on without Him, or act as if there, were no God, His dealings are sure to come to us in one way, or another, sooner or later. He often allows those who are not His to go on in. their had ways to the end of their life, and not have any had results, but then. they have an eternity of woe,
The Psalmist could say he was envious at the foolish when he saw the prosperity of the wicked, but when he went into the sanctuary of God, then he understood their end.
In Isa. 3:1,1For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, (Isaiah 3:1) we learn why God brought judgment on His people the Jews, “For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.”
The reason is given in verse 8,
“Because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory.” May we each one walk in His fear, for the word is
The first thing to do in order to walk uprightly, is to own our need of a Saviour, and accept the Lord Jesus who is the only Saviour. Have you accepted Him? If you have, and walk with Him, your path will be a happy one, whether times are difficult or prosperous.
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