DESIRE THE TEACHING AND GUIDANCE OF THE LORD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022.

SUBJECT : DESIRE THE TEACHING AND GUIDANCE OF THE LORD!

Memory verse: "Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go." (Isaiah 48 vs 17.)

READ: Psalm 25 vs 4 - 5 & 8 - 10:

25:4: Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

25:5: Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

25:8: Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

25:9: The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way.

25:10: All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth. To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

 

INTIMATION:

God instructs us on how to live. He sent His only Son to be a Model for this, and it was one of the main aspects of Christ’s ministry. Teaching shows God's concern for understanding. The other aspects of Christ's ministry were preaching, and healing. Preaching shows His concern for commitment. His miracles of healing authenticated His teaching and preaching, proving that He truly was from God. The Bible says of Jesus: "Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people" (Matthew 9 vs 35).

Like a loving parent, God teaches and directs us. The Bible, in Psalm 48 vs 14, says:- "For this is God, Our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death." We need both God's guidance and His guide—a map that gives us landmarks and directions and a constant companion who has an intimate knowledge of the way and will make sure we interpret the map correctly. The Bible is the map and the Holy Spirit is the constant companion and guide. As a loving parent, God teaches and guides us. We should listen to Him because peace and righteousness come to us as we obey His Word. Refusing to pay attention to God's commands invites punishment and threatens that peace and righteousness.

We receive God's primary guidance system in His Word—the Bible. By reading it and constantly learning from it, we will gain the wisdom to perceive God's direction for our lives. When we are willing to seek God, learn from His Word, and obey His commands, then we will receive His specific guidance. As you make your way through life, use both  the map and your Guide—the Holy Spirit..

Unfortunately, we are bombarded today with relentless appeals to go in various directions, neglecting our specific Guide and Guardian. Television advertising alone places hundreds of options before us, in addition to appeals made by cults, false religions, political parties, and dozens of other groups. Numerous organizations, including Christian organizations, seek to motivate us to support various causes of their choice respectively. Added to that, are the decisions we must make concerning our job, our family, our money, our society. All these decisions pull us in several directions, and we become desperate for someone to show us the right way. If you find yourself pulled in several directions, remember that God teaches the humble and guides him to the right way.

Now, how do we receive God's guidance? The first step is to want to be guided or taught by God, and to realize that God's primary guidance system is in His Word—the Bible. Psalm 119 tells us the endless knowledge found in God's Word. Above all, those who are guided by God—who are meek and taught by the Lord—has the earth as their inheritance. The Scripture says, “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5 vs 5.) Take the bold step of reading Psalm 119 everyday until it becomes a part of you, and then take responsibility to live according to its dictate. 

Prayer: Abba Father, I love You Lord. Yours I am, and Yours I want to be. Show me the path of life I will walk in, and endue me with the teachable and humble spirit that I may learn from You, earn Your approval, inherit the earth, and receive Your crown of glory—eternal life with You, in Jesus' Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!