I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. – Psalm 32:8
“All the way my Savior leads me, what have I to ask beside?” That old hymn by Fannie Crosby, one of the thousands she composed, is an acknowledgment of her teachable spirit. She knew that God had mapped out her life’s journey. So should you. It is His desire to be your Guide, to get you from wherever you are now to where you are ultimately going. He knows the dangers, the pitfalls, the necessary detours. He is right beside you all the way, but the extent to which He is guiding you depends upon you.
There is an old children’s Sunday School chorus that says, “My Lord knows the way through the wilderness. All I have to do is follow.” Tomorrow is a wilderness—you may think you know what is ahead of you, but you really don’t. You can plan but, unless God is in your plans and has ordained them for you to walk in, you have no assurance they will be accomplished. Your only hope for the future rests in Him, “guiding you, teaching you, counseling you.”
Who is your guide today? Are you submitting yourself to the leading of God, or are you trying to have it your own way? Take time to be in His Word and in prayer. Listen, then let Him take the lead while you follow. Ask that those who are having a hard time listening to what God has to say to them will be brought to a place where all other options are futile.
Today’s Verse: Psalm 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Galatians 3:23-29
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
