5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me. The same
request as in the last verse. The little child having begun to walk, asks to be
still led onward by its parent’s helping hand, and to be further instructed.
Lead me into truth that I may know its preciousness; lead me by the way of
truth that I may display its spirit. David knew much, but he felt his
ignorance, and desired to be still in the Lord’s school. It would be good for
many who claim to be believers if instead of cutting out new paths of thought
for themselves they would beseech the Holy Spirit to give them sanctified
understandings and teachable spirits. For thou art the God of my salvation.
Is he the God of your salvation? Do you find in the Father’s election,
in the Son’s atonement, and in the Spirit’s life-giving all the grounds of your
eternal hopes? If so, you may use this as an argument for obtaining further
blessings; if the Lord has ordained to save you, surely he will not refuse to
instruct you in his ways. It is a happy thing when we can address the Lord with
David’s confidence; it gives us great power in prayer, and comfort in trial. Onthee do I wait all the day. We cheerfully wait when we are certain that we
shall not wait in vain. It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord
in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust all the days of our life. Our
faith will be tried, and if it be of the true kind it will bear continued trial
without yielding. We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember
how long and how graciously he once waited for us.
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