Jack Hibbs: Where Next, Lord?
Isaiah 30:21 — “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it…’ ”
In his classic work, The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer wrote that every true believer has a motivator —a deep-seated desire within —a driving force that is the passionate pursuit of God. To pursue Him to such a degree that in the end we might hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
God has established our life’s course, and that leads us to naturally assume that He knows where we ought to plant our feet. Our responsibility is to ask, “Where next, Lord?” I am convinced that God desires to lead us more than we could possibly imagine and that His voice goes out more frequently than we might have considered.
If God desires to lead us day by day, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that He is also speaking to us by His Spirit through His Word, daily? And since the scripture commands “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), shouldn’t we pray ceaselessly because He desires to converse with us continually? That makes sense to me, and I believe it made sense to the prophet Isaiah as well.
Through Isaiah’s words, you can hear how eager and willing the Lord is to speak to us. Christian, what appointments has God designed for you today? Pursue Him. Expect Him to speak to you often and personally. Turn your full attention toward waiting for and listening to His still small voice. God is close at hand, and He promises to guide you every step of the way.
