trustWednesday, August 5
A Voice Behind You
Scripture
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'"
— Isaiah 30:21
What it means
Shepherds drove the flock from behind and called out when an animal drifted off the track. That is the picture here. Isaiah wrote it to people who had stopped consulting God and made their own alliances, so the promise follows a rebuke. It is not a voice that stops you before you move. It is a voice that reaches you once you are already walking.