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"I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. <strong>I will guide you with My eye! </strong>" Psalm 32:8 <br>
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   Our heavenly Father would not restrain and curb His children as with bit and bridle—like the horse or the mule which have no understanding; He would gently lead and guide them, as a loving father guides an obedient trustful child—by his hand, or by his eye. <br>
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   Give me, O Lord, a truly humble and teachable spirit. Show me my ignorance and liability to err. Make me truly willing to be led and guided by You—and so shall I prove You faithful to Your promise. <br><br>You will instruct and teach me in the way I should go; and if, like a simple loving child, I am willing to be led by the gentler intimations of Your will—You will not employ the coercion and restraint which an intractable and stubborn spirit would require. <br>
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   One day, in <em>imagination </em>, I was wandering in perplexity in an extensive forest—I had lost the track, and toiled for hours in vain to recover it. At length, completely wearied and helpless, I threw myself on the ground. <br>
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  Presently, the friendly voice of one whose approach I had not observed, addressing me, said, "Why are you lying there?" <br>
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  I replied, "I have lost the path, and have tried in vain to find it." <br>
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"Are you willing," he rejoined, "to trust yourself to My guidance, and to follow Me, step by step, as I lead?" <br>
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"Yes, Lord," I replied, for I discerned in the hands and feet of Him who addressed me, the print of the nails that once fastened Him to the cross. <br>
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"Then arise and follow Me." <br>
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  I at once obeyed, and in peaceful trust followed my gracious Guide. Soon the increasing light showed that the bounds of the forest were nearly reached, and speedily I was led into a plain open path, from which I could clearly see my way home. Then my Guide disappeared, but before leaving me He said, "Do not lean unto your own understanding. in all your ways acknowledge Me, and I will direct Your paths. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you shall go." <br>
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  Lord, henceforth my Leader be; <br>
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  By Your grace I'll follow Thee, <br>
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  Until the realms of light I see! <br>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:15, 13 November 2019

I will instruct you and teach you


" I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go ." Psalm 32:8

How precious is this promise to those who feel their need of Divine guidance!

One day, in imagination , I was wandering in perplexity in an extensive forest—I had lost the track, and toiled for hours in vain to recover it. At length, completely wearied and helpless, I threw myself on the ground.

Presently, the friendly voice of one whose approach I had not observed, addressing me, said, "Why are you lying there?"

I replied, "I have lost the path, and have tried in vain to find it."

"Are you willing," he rejoined, "to trust yourself to My guidance, and to follow Me, step by step, as I lead?"

"Yes, Lord," I replied, for I discerned in the hands and feet of Him who addressed me, the print of the nails that once fastened Him to the cross.

"Then arise and follow Me."

I at once obeyed, and in peaceful trust followed my gracious Guide. Soon the increasing light showed that the bounds of the forest were nearly reached, and speedily I was led into a plain open path, from which I could clearly see my way home. Then my Guide disappeared, but before leaving me He said, "Do not lean unto your own understanding. in all your ways acknowledge Me, and I will direct Your paths. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you shall go."

Lord, henceforth my Leader be;
By Your grace I'll follow Thee,
Until the realms of light I see!

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