God Doesn’t Call Where He Won’t Lead

Deuteronomy‬ ‭31:8‬ says “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

This has been one of my favorite passages for years, reminding me that God will never leave me and he’s always with me. But the first part of it has come alive to me in a new way recently. As with Moses and the Israelites, God never calls us to go to a place without him. We’re not meant to journey on our own, to figure out what God is calling us to and somehow find our own path there. Instead, the Lord himself goes before us; he leads the way for us so that we don’t have to go alone and we can be confident in our steps behind him. He promises he will be with us in the before, the during, and that he won’t leave us in the after. Do you know anyone else who can actually promise that to you?

Questions I invite you to think about with me:
-Where / to what is God calling you right now?
-If you don’t know, are you asking him to reveal it to you?
-How does the truth that God is going before you and leading you change the way you respond to his call?