January 25

Deuteronomy 8:2
“Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no”— Deuteronomy 8:22And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. (Deuteronomy 8:2).
ALL the wilderness experiences of God’s redeemed ones are designed to bring them to an end of themselves and to cast them more implicitly upon Himself. If He suffers us to hunger it is that we may learn to appreciate the Bread from heaven. If He permits us to thirst it is that we may enjoy the more the clear crystal streams of grace flowing from the Smitten Rock. What memories all His ways will stir when safely home at last!
All the way by which He led us,
All the grieving’s that He bore.
All the patient love that taught us,
Well remember ever more;
And His rest will seem the sweeter,
As we think of weary ways,
And His light will shine the clearer,
As we muse o’er cloudy days.”