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<p>&quot;O send forth Your light and Your truth,<br />
          let them guide me.&quot; Psalm 43:3<br />
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          The Christian is often dissatisfied with his state. He <br />
          is well aware of the shallowness of his attainments <br />
          in the divine life, as well as of the ignorance and the <br />
          blindness that are in him. He cannot perceive the path <br />
          of life. He sees and feels so powerfully the workings <br />
          of sin and corruption, that he often staggers, and is <br />
          perplexed in his mind.<br />
          <br />
          And therefore, laboring under the feeling of . . .<br />
          his own shortcomings for the <strong>past</strong>,<br />
          his helplessness for the <strong>present</strong>,<br />
          and his ignorance for the <strong>future</strong>, <br />
          he wants to go forward wholly and solely <br />
          in the strength of the Lord, to be . . .<br />
          led,<br />
          guided,<br />
          directed,<br />
          kept, <br />
          not by <strong>his own</strong> wisdom and power—but by <br />
          the supernatural entrance of light and truth <br />
          into his soul.<br />
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          When thus harassed and perplexed, he will at times <br />
          and seasons, as his heart is made soft, cry out with <br />
          fervency and importunity, as a beggar that will not <br />
          take a denial, &quot;O send forth Your light and Your truth, <br />
          let them guide me!&quot; As though he would say, &quot;<strong>Lord, <br />
            I feel my own utter helplessness!</strong> I know I must go <br />
          astray, if You do not condescend to guide me. I have <br />
          been betrayed a thousand times when I have trusted <br />
          <strong>my own heart</strong>. I have been entangled in my <strong>base <br />
            lusts</strong>. I have been puffed up by <strong>presumption</strong>. I have <br />
          been carried away by <strong>hypocrisy </strong>and <strong>pride</strong>. I have been <br />
          drawn aside into the <strong>world</strong>. I have never taken a single <br />
          step aright when left to myself. And therefore feeling<br />
          how unable I am to guide myself a single step of the <br />
          way, I come unto You, and ask You to send forth Your <br />
          light and Your truth, that they may guide me, for <strong>I <br />
            am utterly unable to lead myself</strong>.&quot;<br />
          <br />
          The child of God—feeling his own ignorance, darkness, <br />
          blindness, and sinfulness—causes him to moan, and <br />
          sigh, and cry unto God—that he might be . . .<br />
          <strong>led </strong>every step,<br />
          <strong>kept </strong>every moment,<br />
          <strong>guided </strong>every inch.<br />
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          &quot;O send forth Your light and Your truth,<br />
          let them guide me.&quot; Psalm 43:3
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