Streams in the Desert July 2 Daily Devotional

When thou goest, thy way shall be opened up before thee step by step (Proverbs 4:12, free translation).
The Lord never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith-filled traveler. If He builds the bridge a rod ahead, it
would not be a bridge of faith. That which is of sight is not of faith.
There is a self-opening gate which is sometimes used in country
roads. It stands fast and firm across the road as a traveler
approaches it if he stops before he gets to it it will not open.
But if he will drive right at it his wagon wheels press the springs
below the roadway, and the gate swings back to let him through. He
must push right on at the closed gate, or it will continue to be closed.
This illustrates the way to pass every barrier on the road of duty. Whether it is a river, a gate, or a mountain, all the child of
Jesus has to do is to go for it If it is a river, it will dry up
when you are near enough to it and are still pushing on. If it is
a mountain, it win be lifted up and cast into a sea when you come squarely up without flinching, to where you thought it was.
Is there a great barrier across your path of duty just now? Just go for it in the name of the Lord, and it won't be there.
--Henry Clay Trumball.
We sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty said, "Up and
onward forevermore." Let us move on and step out boldly, though it be into the night and we can scarcely see the forest, or the Alpine pass, which discloses but a few rods of its length from any single
point of view. Press on! If necessary, we will find even the pillar
of cloud and fire to mark our journey through the wilderness. There are guides and wayside inns along the road. We will find food,
clothes and friends at every stage of the journey, and as
Rutherford so quaintly says: "However matters go, the worst will be a tired traveler and a joyful and sweet home."
I'm going by the upper road, for that still holds the sun,
I'm climbing through night's pastures where the starry rivers run: If you should think to seek me in my old dark abode,
You'll find this writing on the door,
"He's on the Upper Road." --Selected.