401. Make me Walk
Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
The Lord promises to make me walk on high places, just like the deer walks on mountain crags. When I am in rocky and dangerous places the Lord will make me walk through them without falling. We are often in dangerous places of trouble and temptation. The Lord will not only be with me in the death valley and the rocky mountains but He will also make me walk there. He promises to keep us from slipping and falling. He does not take me out of danger, but He does promise to get me through.
Therefore, we can count on the Lord’s help to keep us going and get us through until we reach a safer and more level place. Some places and times are too dangerous for me alone. That is why He promises to be with me to keep me safe and keep me going. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. So we pray, so God promises, and so it happens. We probably don’t even know, and cannot count, the dangerous places the Lord brought us through safely. He has done it before and we can be sure He will do it again. He will “provide a way of escape that you may be able to endure it.” We don’t challenge God; we don’t tempt Him; we don’t dare Him; but we do trust Him. He will send angels to guard us in all our ways.
The metaphor of deer’s feet on high places is a beautiful and picturesque way of showing us how the Lord is with us always, and He will get us through. We still do the walking (living). He doesn’t do it for us, but He makes us walk. While we live through it and He helps us through we experience the presence and power of a loving Shepherd to keep us on a safe and good path. In Him there is no fear.