Psalm 25:5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day. A short but expressive prayer. All need it. We need it when we are surrounded with gloom, when we are tempted, and when we find bur path very rough. I. THE PETITION FOR GUIDANCE. We need it because — 1. We are ignorant of the future. 2. The way is dark. 3. We need thus to pray, from a deep conviction that we dare not go alone. 4. Because we are so weak. The Psalmist asks that God will lead him according to His own revealed will. "In Thy truth." II. THE PETITION FOR INSTRUCTION. How much we need to learn. How little we know after all these years. We don't know our bodies, still less our souls. We know not about time, how precious it is, but yet less of eternity. How little we know of life or of men, Therefore we need to pray, "Lord, teach me." (William Scott.) Parallel Verses KJV: Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. |
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