He Leadeth Me: Oh blessed thought!

I'll often have a song I haven't heard in a long while come to mind and the lyrics are so fitting for the time it comes to mind. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this, but the latest song is an old hymn "He Leadeth Me." Usually it's a more contemporary song, but I figured I'd take a moment and read the lyrics and not just sing along with my iPod since there is such vintage language in this hymn. Here's the lyrics for those who aren't familiar with this hymn, or haven't heard it in a while:

He leadeth me: Oh blessed thought!

Oh words with heavenly comfort fraught!

Whate'er I do, Where'er I be,

still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.

(Refrain)

He leadeth me, he leadeth me,

by his own hand he leadeth me;

his faithful follower I would be,

for by his hand he leadeth me.

Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,

sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom,

by waters still, o'er troubled sea,

still 'tis his hand that leadeth me.

(refrain)

Lord, I would place my hand in thine,

nor ever murmur nor repine;

content, whatever lot I see,

since 'tis my God that leadeth me.

(refrain)

And when my task on earth is done,

when by thy grace the victory's won,

e'en death's cold wave I will not flee,

since God through Jordan leadeth me.

(refrain)

After reading through the lyrics I was reminded being a faithful follower you have to allow God to lead if you are in Eden's beautiful garden or still waters as well as in deepest gloom or a troubled sea.

Lately I've been in a period of waiting. Life seems to be up in the air as to what is going to happen, but the one thing I know for sure is my hand is in God's hand ready for him to lead. I haven't always realized God's plan is far better than anything I could ever plan, but though these past few years I've learned to trust God and give him my hand and I've seen that although I don't know what God's plan is going to be the next step he's given (one step at a time) has been far greater than I could have ever imagined.

I will be honest, waiting is not easy. I'm a planner, I like to know what could happen in multiple scenarios. Even though God has allowed to see some things where I'm being led (I'm suppose to go to Japan, but when and how is what I'm waiting to find out and OTIS is out there in someplace, but who he is and when I meet him is another question) waiting is still not easy. Even when I know what is coming just not how or when it is still hard to wait... actually it might even make waiting harder because it's a light at the end of the tunnel, but who knows how much of the tunnel I have left to go through. It's in times of the unknown waiting I remind myself of how faithful God has been in leading me and trust he will continue to lead. So while I wait I will not complain or worry, because his faithful follower I would be, for by his hand he leadeth me.