‘Therefore, if I have found favour in Your sight, please now show me Your way.’ Exodus 33:13
God replies, ‘This very thing that you have spoken, I will do.’ Exodus 33:14
Moses was being asked by God to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land. Considering the large number of people and families and all their belongings it was a tremendously difficult task. He knew he couldn’t do it alone. Moses asks God to go with him, which He graciously agrees to do.
In the New Testament after the resurrection two disciples were on the road to Emmaus, heart-broken and bewildered. Their dreams were broken, their hopes dashed. But they were not to walk alone, as a stranger joined them. They didn’t have to journey and struggle without help. Jesus Himself walked alongside them.
We too are on a journey, the journey of life. Along the way we will meet problems, trials and heartbreaks. We never know what a new day will bring; it may be trouble, it may be joy. If the day brings trouble we have no idea how to deal with it. But we don ‘t have to walk the journey of life in a solitary way. Throughout the Bible we find promises from God. ‘I will be with you,’ ‘Do not be afraid,’ ‘I am your God.’ God knows the way and guides and helps us . It is exceedingly true, ‘You’ll never walk alone.’