It is a grand thing to feel that God's Throne might sooner fail than that a saint can perish, for His Throne, itself, is established in righteousness! This petition for a simple excursion is not too small for His notice. We must trace Divine Sovereignty in all such cases, there is no attribute more comforting. He who numbers the hairs of your head and watches the sparrow's fall can certainly keep a group of tourists under His wings. The dry tree by divine grace shall flourish, and the low tree shall mount even to the stars; how much more shall He order the steps of those who look to Him amid a day's journeying?
You need an infinite Friend to keep you in safety against all adversities, and you have wisely asked the only wise God our Savior. Our safety lies in our Savior, "God our Savior." How strikingly has God delivered some of us! What remarkable preservations of life have we enjoyed; not miraculous, certainly, but full of wonder for all that. This protection is perpetual as well as personal. Divine interpositions come in the way of deliverance from floods of trouble, yet also in the way of obedience to Divine precepts. The way of principle is the way of safety; God's angels will keep you if you keep to that road. Doing what God tells you, as God tells you, no hurt can come to you.
But see the fullness of the prayer, that only glad clients may result. The presence of God dissolves difficulties. When He comes, the mountains flow down at His feet like glaciers in the summer's sun. If it pleases Him, He can make the entire affair a divine surprise of joy, for His gentleness makes us great. There is a safety of spirit that lifts us above fretting circumstance, and a divine work which is nothing less than a continuous miracle to keep us from falling into fretfulness or mishap. There is the safety of my spirit, that is the heart of it.
You may hope that the Divine Spirit will display His power in this small thing to the glory of His grace. Plead with Him to do so, and look for His hand. Conscious of Divine authority, we may yet look sin and error in the face, but in a matter of honest travel, we may simply trust. He Himself is the one hope of His people. And when He saves us from even little troubles, there is no quarrel, then, with the Divine Savior! Glory be to God, all granted to you by Divine Grace, simply through believing.
So the prayer is a right one. May the Lord hear and answer, granting a journey not merely safe but seasoned with His presence, and hearts lifted to Him in gratitude. He is able to keep you from falling into any snare and to present the entire day before Him with exceeding gladness. Amen.