I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye (Ps. 32:8).
This is a threefold promise direct from the mouth of the Lord: I will instruct thee; I will teach thee; I will guide thee. Christian workers are laborers together with God. Think of the wonderful privilege it is for them to be instructed by Him, to be taught by Him in their work, and to be guided by Him every day and every hour. When we walk humbly with God, we may ask Him to make our course of duty plain, and He will guide us with His eye.
A guide was conducting a group of tourists through Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. When they reached the great room known as the Cathedral, he mounted the rock called the Pulpit and said he was going to preach a sermon. It was very short--just these five words: "Keep close to your guide."
The visitors soon found that it was a good sermon, for if they did not keep close to their guide they would be lost in the pits and defiles, or over the precipices. One cannot find their way through that dark cavern without a guide--without the heavenly Guide, without His Word, which is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path (Ps. 119:105).
This divine guidance is not just for one day, but for all our days. "And the Lord shall guide thee continually" (Isa. 58:11). He will guide us into peace (Luke 1:79). He will guide us into truth (John 16:13). He will guide us on every side (2 Chron. 32:22).
Concerning our yesterdays, faith says, "Thou hast beset me behind"; concerning our tomorrows, "Thou hast beset me...before"; concerning today, "Thou hast...laid thine hand upon me" (Ps. 139:5). That's enough for us--to feel the presence of His guiding hand, our Instructor, our Teacher, our heavenly Guide.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "For thou are my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me" (Ps. 31:3).
This is a threefold promise direct from the mouth of the Lord: I will instruct thee; I will teach thee; I will guide thee. Christian workers are laborers together with God. Think of the wonderful privilege it is for them to be instructed by Him, to be taught by Him in their work, and to be guided by Him every day and every hour. When we walk humbly with God, we may ask Him to make our course of duty plain, and He will guide us with His eye.
A guide was conducting a group of tourists through Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. When they reached the great room known as the Cathedral, he mounted the rock called the Pulpit and said he was going to preach a sermon. It was very short--just these five words: "Keep close to your guide."
The visitors soon found that it was a good sermon, for if they did not keep close to their guide they would be lost in the pits and defiles, or over the precipices. One cannot find their way through that dark cavern without a guide--without the heavenly Guide, without His Word, which is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path (Ps. 119:105).
This divine guidance is not just for one day, but for all our days. "And the Lord shall guide thee continually" (Isa. 58:11). He will guide us into peace (Luke 1:79). He will guide us into truth (John 16:13). He will guide us on every side (2 Chron. 32:22).
Concerning our yesterdays, faith says, "Thou hast beset me behind"; concerning our tomorrows, "Thou hast beset me...before"; concerning today, "Thou hast...laid thine hand upon me" (Ps. 139:5). That's enough for us--to feel the presence of His guiding hand, our Instructor, our Teacher, our heavenly Guide.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "For thou are my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me" (Ps. 31:3).
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