By Ways I Have Not Known

By Ways I Have Not Known

By ways I have not known
Yet known to God in grace,
He leads me to His throne
Along this winding race.

I cannot see ahead
But trust His loving hand
And follow where I’m led
Before I understand.

He leads me by the way
Best suited to His end,
And though I often stray
Is still my faithful Friend.

For by His wisdom’s skill
He knows what’s right and best;
Delighting in His will
My heart finds joyful rest.

Without Him I am lost,
But He has bought my peace
And at the highest cost
Secured my soul’s release.

So I am glad to leave
My welfare to His love
Assured that I’ll receive
Rich recompense above.

Christina Joy Hommes

“Shew me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day.” Psalms 25:4-5

“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6

“For we walk by faith, not by sight:” 2 Corinthians 5:7