Post by Les Brewer on Oct 6, 2023 18:04:55 GMT
*_DIVINE GUIDANCE! CRITICAL NEED FOR EVERY BELIEVER._*
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
— Psalm 73:24
Critical indeed is the need for divine guidance for every believer! We are in the world where believers are the most persecuted. In the world where we have an adversary as a roaring lion looking for whom to devour. In the world even where the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. These and many more reasons that make divine guidance a critical need. Above all, divine guidance is the distinction between believer and unbeliever; "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."(Rom.8:14).
The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s counsel should henceforth guide him. A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.
The blind man leans on his friend’s arm and reaches home in safety, and so would we give ourselves up implicitly to divine guidance, not doubting; being assured that though we cannot see, it is always safe to trust the all-seeing God.
“Thou shalt,” is a blessed expression of confidence. He was sure that the Lord would not decline the condescending task. There is a word for thee, O believer; rest thou in it. Be assured that your God will be your counsellor and friend; He shall guide thee; He will direct all your ways. In His written Word, you have this assurance in part fulfilled, for holy Scripture is His counsel to thee. Happy are we to have God’s Word always to guide us! What will the mariner do without his compass? And what will the Christian do without the Bible?
This is the unerring chart, the map in which every one of us believers is described, and all the channels from the quicksands of destruction to the haven of salvation mapped and marked by one who knows all the way.
Blessed be thou, O God, that we may trust thee to guide us now, and guide us even to the end! After this guidance through life, the Psalmist anticipates a divine reception at last—“and afterward receive me to glory.” What a thought for you, believer! God Himself will receive you to glory—thee! Wandering, erring, straying, yet He will bring you safe at last to glory!
This is your portion; live on it this day, and if perplexities should surround you, go in the strength of this text straight to the throne.
For "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them."
Have a wonderful and a blessed day!
God bless us all.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
— Psalm 73:24
Critical indeed is the need for divine guidance for every believer! We are in the world where believers are the most persecuted. In the world where we have an adversary as a roaring lion looking for whom to devour. In the world even where the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. These and many more reasons that make divine guidance a critical need. Above all, divine guidance is the distinction between believer and unbeliever; "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."(Rom.8:14).
The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s counsel should henceforth guide him. A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.
The blind man leans on his friend’s arm and reaches home in safety, and so would we give ourselves up implicitly to divine guidance, not doubting; being assured that though we cannot see, it is always safe to trust the all-seeing God.
“Thou shalt,” is a blessed expression of confidence. He was sure that the Lord would not decline the condescending task. There is a word for thee, O believer; rest thou in it. Be assured that your God will be your counsellor and friend; He shall guide thee; He will direct all your ways. In His written Word, you have this assurance in part fulfilled, for holy Scripture is His counsel to thee. Happy are we to have God’s Word always to guide us! What will the mariner do without his compass? And what will the Christian do without the Bible?
This is the unerring chart, the map in which every one of us believers is described, and all the channels from the quicksands of destruction to the haven of salvation mapped and marked by one who knows all the way.
Blessed be thou, O God, that we may trust thee to guide us now, and guide us even to the end! After this guidance through life, the Psalmist anticipates a divine reception at last—“and afterward receive me to glory.” What a thought for you, believer! God Himself will receive you to glory—thee! Wandering, erring, straying, yet He will bring you safe at last to glory!
This is your portion; live on it this day, and if perplexities should surround you, go in the strength of this text straight to the throne.
For "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them."
Have a wonderful and a blessed day!
God bless us all.
