MAY 5
When you pass through the waters I will be with you:
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.—ISAIAH 43:2We are never promised freedom from flood and fire, from
any kind of disaster, or freedom from death.
What God is promising here is that we do not walk
through these terrors alone and that, difficult as they are,
they will not destroy us.
But we have to act to take advantage of this promise.
Can we reach out our hand into the darkness, believing
there is One there to sustain us, to help us through this ter-
rible time? There is a saying that for every halting step we
take toward God, God walks a thousand miles in blazing
light to come to us.
I will reach out my hand into the darkness, trusting that I do not
go alone.