Psalm 25:4 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. The text expresses the sincere desire of every Christian. He feels that he needs a Divine Teacher to enable him to understand Divine truth and obey the Divine precepts. Hence he approaches the fountain of all wisdom with the prayer of the text. I. A PRAYER FOR DIVINE ENLIGHTENMENT. 1. The importance of a knowledge of God's ways. 2. A willingness to follow Divine teaching. Every Christian is a learner, conscious of his own ignorance, and anxious to be divinely taught, he is prepared to renounce everything in his creed and conduct not in harmony with the Word of God. 3. A willingness to obey Divine teachings." "Lead me in Thy paths." We must first know God's will, then do it. II. GOD IS THE TEACHER OF HIS PEOPLE. How does He teach? Human spirit can speak with human spirit. Who shall dare to say that the human spirit cannot be communicated with by the Divine? 1. By His Word. 2. By His Spirit. 3. By His providence. III. THE PSALMIST'S METHOD OF OBTAINING THE DIVINE TEACHING. "On Thee do I wait all the day." 1. Wait humbly. 2. Wait earnestly. 3. Wait believingly. 4. Wait perseveringly. 5. God's response to prayer is certain.Let us have confidence in God. If the greatest Being deserves the profoundest reverence; if the kindest Being deserves the heartiest thanks; and if the best of Beings deserves the warmest love, then our highest reverence, thanks, and love are due to God. (H. Woodcock.) Parallel Verses KJV: Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. |
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