I have cried to the Lord and pleaded for mercy and an answer to my prayer. I have sought the LORD’s face and entreated Him. Now it is time to be still and to listen to what He has to say.
“Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.” (Psalm 27:11)
Teach me Thy way, O LORD, not the way I think will work best, but Thy way. Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” The Lord will teach the way. He will guide and give direction. It will be His way, not a way I figured out or a way that “looks good” to me.
After the Lord teaches the way, He will show me how to walk in it, “Lead me in a plain path.” He will go before and lead the way and direct each step. “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:6) This is a promise. If I acknowledge God in all my ways, He will direct my paths. He will lead me in a plain path. He will give clear and specific directions. That is the way to safety and deliverance.
“Lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies.” (Psalm 27:11b) “7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.” (Proverbs 3:7,8)
If I follow the path the LORD leads and not think I know a better way; if I fear the LORD and not my enemies, the Lord will show me the path away from evil. He will preserve me. He will give me health (life) and direct me away from danger and death.
“Lord, teach me today and lead me. Help me to trust You and follow Your way. Even if Your way does not make sense to me, help me to trust You and not follow in the way that looks better to me, not follow what I think is the way out. Help me trust You to lead me in the way to health and deliverance, away from the way of danger and death. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Turn Again to the Lord