No doubt some of my readers have been in the wild woods, where no path was to be seen, and no mark of man’s work; for the paths we know are made by man or by animals. Man has made, not only paths through forests and over plains, but down into the ground, and has brought out many precious things. He cuts rivers through rocks, and binds up floods from overflowing. All these things show us the wisdom of man, but yet one may ask, where is wisdom? God understands its way, and He knows its place. The whole creation is not too great for Him; He sees, not only in, but under the whole heaven. Nothing is too great for His knowledge and power. He has measured out all and controls all and He has laid down the foundation of all righteousness, and has marked out the path for us to get into His presence. That is wisdom beyond man’s. Man may make many paths on, and under, the ground but God alone can tell us, and make the way for us to get into His presence. Do any ask how has He done it? Or what is that path or way? Jesus, is the answer. God has provided Him for us, and He was the only One who was able to meet the claims of God, and stand in the sinner’s place, so that the sinner could come to God through Him. He said “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Jesus is the path, then, from earth to heaven, and He is the One who has marked a way for those who have come to God through Him, to walk in down here, and that is, as He walked, or, in other words, His ways.
ML 09/12/1909