The Bread of Adversity

Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction,

yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.

And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left,

your ears shall heat a word behind you saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

– Isaiah 30:20-21

Perhaps, the guidance that we so long for from God comes when we can see and know Him more. Perhaps, it is eating the bread of adversity and drinking the water of affliction that helps us to know Him more. Perhaps we really do need to count it all joy when we face trials, as the Book of James tells us in chapter 1. Trials test our faith, which produces endurance. Through that process, we know our Teacher’s face more and more. The more we know Him, the better we can discern the Holy Spirit- which tells us ‘this is or isn’t the way….go right now…go left.’

Hallelujah!

-In Him