The Path will open, as we progress.

Proverbs 4:12 12When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

The Lord never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith-filled traveler. If He builds the bridge 5.5 feet ahead, it would not be a bridge of faith, would it?

That which is of sight is not of faith.

There is a self-opening gate which is sometimes used in country roads. It stands fast and firm across the road as a traveler approaches it. If he stops before he gets to it, it will not open. But if he will drive right at it, his wagon wheels press the springs below the roadway, and the gate swings back to let him through.

He must push right on at the closed gate, or it will continue to be closed.

This illustrates the way to pass every barrier on the road of duty. Whether it is a river, a gate, or a mountain, all the child of Jesus has to do is to go for it.

''For we live by faith, not by sight''.(Corinthians 5:7)

If it is a river it will dry up when you put your feet in it's waters. If it is a gate, it will fly open when you are near enough to it, and are still pushing on. If it is a mountain, it will be lifted up and cast into a sea when you come squarely up, without flinching, to where you thought is was.

Is there a great barrier across your path of duty just now?

Just go for it, in the name of the Lord, and it won't be there.

--Henry Clay Trumbull.

We sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty said, ''Up and onward forevermore.'' Let us move on and step out boldly, though it be into the night, and we can barely see the way.

The path will open, as we progress, like the trail through the forest, or the Alpine pass, which discloses but a few rods of it's length from any single point of view. Press on! if necessary, we will find even the pillar of cloud and fire to mark our journey through the wilderness. There are guides and wayside inns along the road. We will find food, clothes and friends at every stage of the journey, and as Rutherford so pleasantly says: ''However matters go, the worst will be a tired traveler and joyful and sweet welcome home.''

Prayer: Dear Father, thank you for the path that you designed for me to walk on even before the beginning of times, please remember to keep me from evil along my journey, and make me see the things you want to teach me along the way, in Jesus name.

Reference & Inspirational material taken from: Streams in the Desert, compiled by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman ( fifty-first printing)