Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever… The other day I was walking across the Northumberland Fells to call at a shepherd's house that lay distinctly enough before me on the Fellside. The directions I received from a Fellsider, whom I had just left, after the manner of those who live every day in the midst of ample space, were vague indeed. The rutty, half-formed road on which I was walking was plain enough immediately before me, but when I strove to trace the course of the road a greater distance ahead, it became blended with the frowsy bracken and bronzed heather and was utterly lost to view. To have struck boldly out across country to reach my destination by what seemed the shortest route, would have entangled me among the spongy bogs and numerous streams with which the hillside was intersected. However, by carefully following the road that was visible before me, I managed to pick my way, and arrived at my calling place in safety. So is it in our daily search after the knowledge of the Divine will. When, in our impatient eagerness, we wish to look too far into the future, all is indistinct and hazy; but if we carefully note what is near and sufficiently revealed, we shall be led up infallibly to safety and rest. Parallel Verses KJV: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. |
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