We
need the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
2. We not only need Divine guidance, but we may have it. God's
word assures us of this. Oh! how my heart was comforted and
assured one morning by these words: "And the Lord shall guide
thee continually" (Isaiah lviii. 11). Not occasionally, not
spasmodically, but "continually." Hallelujah! The Psalmist says:
"This God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our Guide even
unto death" (Psalm xlviii. 14). Again, he says: "The meek will
He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach His way" (Psalm
xxv. 9). And again, "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the
way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye" (Psalm
xxxii. 8). And again, "Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel"
(Psalm Ixxiii. 24). Jesus said of the Holy Spirit: "Howbeit when
He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all
truth" (John xvi. 13). And Paul wrote: "As many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Romans viii. 14).
These Scriptures establish the fact that the children of God may
be guided always by the Spirit of God.
"Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land!
I am weak, but Thou art mighty:
Hold me with Thy powerful hand."
3. How does God guide us?
Paul says: "We walk by faith, not by sight," and, "The just shall
live by faith," so we may conclude:--
(a) That the guidance of the Holy Spirit is such as still to
demand the exercise of faith.
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