Psalms 27:11. Teach me thy way, O LORD,
This is a sweetly practical prayer. Our heart often says, "Lord, let me have my own way;" but when grace has done its work, it talks in another fashion, "’Teach me thy way, O Lord.’ Only let me know what thou wouldst have me be, and do, and feel, and I submit myself to thee, joyfully.
But, Lord, I am so weak that, even if I am taught thy way, I fear I shall not go in it unless thou shalt do more than teach me."
Psalms 27:11. And lead me -
"Put thy finger out, as mothers do to tender infants: ‘Lead me’" -
Psalms 27:11. In a plain path, because of mine enemies.
"Do not let it be a difficult way, in which I shall hardly know which it the right road; but let it be a very plain path. And, Lord, help me so to walk in my daily life that there may be no mistake about my being upright and honest before men: ‘Lead me in a plain path.’" Oh, there are some, even among professing Christians, who have many tricks, and shifts and schemes, and dodges, just like worldlings or foxes, but the sheep of Christ must take care to follow the Shepherd’s plain footprints. There was no graft in Christ. In him was no guile; and if we are Israelites indeed, the same thing will be said of us. Oh, that we would each one cultivate a transparent character, and not have to live so that our life is one perpetual apology for an attempt to hide something! Wear your heart upon your sleeve, and let your soul show itself distinctly in your actions, not being afraid if all the world should see you.
Psalms 27:11. Teach me thy way, O LORD,
This is a sweetly practical prayer. Our heart often says, "Lord, let me have my own way;" but when grace has done its work, it talks in another fashion, "’Teach me thy way, O Lord.’ Only let me know what thou wouldst have me be, and do, and feel, and I submit myself to thee, joyfully.
But, Lord, I am so weak that, even if I am taught thy way, I fear I shall not go in it unless thou shalt do more than teach me."
Psalms 27:11. And lead me -
"Put thy finger out, as mothers do to tender infants: ‘Lead me’" -
Psalms 27:11. In a plain path, because of mine enemies.
"Do not let it be a difficult way, in which I shall hardly know which it the right road; but let it be a very plain path. And, Lord, help me so to walk in my daily life that there may be no mistake about my being upright and honest before men: ‘Lead me in a plain path.’" Oh, there are some, even among professing Christians, who have many tricks, and shifts and schemes, and dodges, just like worldlings or foxes, but the sheep of Christ must take care to follow the Shepherd’s plain footprints. There was no graft in Christ. In him was no guile; and if we are Israelites indeed, the same thing will be said of us. Oh, that we would each one cultivate a transparent character, and not have to live so that our life is one perpetual apology for an attempt to hide something! Wear your heart upon your sleeve, and let your soul show itself distinctly in your actions, not being afraid if all the world should see you.