Psalm 25:4 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. The wicked say to God, Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways; the good man acknowledges God in everything, and he commits himself entirely to His guidance and guardian care. I. THE PRAYER. The subject of the prayer — "Lord's paths." 1. Paths of Divine providence. Often dark, mysterious — always wise and right and good. 2. Paths of grace. Way of holiness, happiness, etc. Way through the desert to Canaan. Sometimes obscure and clouded. Pillar of cloud necessary. 3. Paths of duty. "Lord, what wouldest Thou have me to do?" Duty and ease, duty and interest, duty and desires, often at variance.The prayer itself is for Divine teaching — "Lord, teach me." Here is an admission of ignorance, of insufficiency, of anxiety, and of application to the right source. "Lord, teach me" — 1. Clearly to understand Thy paths. 2. Heartily to approve of them. 3. Constantly to walk in them. Notice — II. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PRAYER. It is important to our intellectual and spiritual improvement. To grow in knowledge, path shine more and more, etc. (2 Peter 1:5). (J. Burns, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. |
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