路邊一隻小貓可憐地喵喵叫，讓我不禁停下腳步。我想起剛剛經過的路上，有人把一大包吃剩的食物隨便丟在地上。我心想：哇，上帝為這隻飢餓的貓咪提供一頓大餐！那堆食物就在附近的柱子後面，所以我試著吸引那隻瘦弱的貓咪走去那裡。起初，牠很信任我，朝著我走過來，但後來就停下來，再也不肯繼續跟我走。我很想問：你為何不肯跟我走？那裡有一頓豐盛的大餐等著你呢！

這令我突然想到：我與上帝的關係不也是如此嗎？對於上帝的帶領，我總是心想：上帝我相信祢，但我不覺得祢的帶領和指引很可靠。我根本沒意識到，上帝的供應可能就在不遠處等著我。

上帝的道路值得信賴，因祂愛我們，祂的引導是要讓我們得到最大的益處。上帝說：「我要教導你，指示你應走的路；我要勸戒你，我的眼睛看顧你」（詩篇32篇8節，新譯本）。但上帝對待我們，不是像對待無知的騾馬那樣（9節），祂渴望我們甘心樂意地跟隨祂，並承諾當我們信靠祂，祂會永遠與我們同在：「倚靠耶和華的，必有慈愛四面環繞他」（10節）。我們只需持續跟隨上帝，知道在這人生旅程中的每一步，祂都會與你我同行。

The stray cat mewed pitifully, stopping me in my tracks. I had just walked past a pile of food that someone had carelessly discarded on the ground. Wow, Gods provided a meal for this hungry cat, I thought. The food was hidden behind a nearby pillar, so I tried to lure the emaciated cat to it. It moved toward me trustingly—then stopped and refused to follow me further. I wanted to ask, Why don’t you trust my directions? There’s a whole meal waiting for you!

Then it struck me: Don’t I act similarly in my relationship with God? How often have I responded to His directions thinking, I do trust You, God, but I don’t think Your instructions are reliable—not realizing that His divine provision might be waiting right around the corner.

God’s paths are trustworthy, for He loves us and has our best interests at heart. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you,” He tells us (Psalm 32:8). Yet He doesn’t treat us like animals that need to be controlled (v. 9). He desires for us to follow Him willingly and promises His everlasting presence as we do so: “The Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him” (v. 10). All we need to do is just keep following Him, knowing that He’ll be with us every step of the way.