. Tangles Which Our Fingers Cannot
Unravel by J. R. Miller Show me the way I should
walk, for I have come to you in prayer. . Psalm 143, 8 We
cannot know the way ourselves, The path across one little day
seems very short, but none of us can find it ourselves. Each
day is a hidden world to our eyes as we enter it in the morning. We cannot see one step before
us as we go forth. An impenetrable veil covers the
brightest day as with night's black robes. It may have joys
and prosperities for us, or it may bring to us sorrows and adversities. Our path may lead us into a garden,
or the garden may be a Gethsemane. We have our plans as we go out
in the morning, but we are not sure that they will be realized.
The day will bring duties, responsibilities, temptations, perils, tangles
which our fingers cannot unravel, intricate or obscure paths in
which we cannot find the way. What could be more fitting in
the morning than the prayer, Show me the way I should walk,
God knows all that is in the day for us, His eye sees to its
close, and He can be our guide. There is no promise given more
repeatedly in the Bible than that of divine guidance. We have
it in the Shepherd's Psalm, He leads me in the paths of righteousness. paths of righteousness are right
paths. All God's paths are clean and
holy. They are the ways of His commandments,
but there is another sense in which they are right paths. They
are the right ways, the best ways for us. Oftentimes they
are not the ways which we would have chosen. They do not seem
to be good ways, but nevertheless they are right and lead to blessing
and honor. We are always safe, therefore,
in praying this prayer on the morning of any day. Show me the
way I should walk.