May God be pleased tonight to
bless us together as we consider his word and let's turn to the
book of the Proverbs chapter 20 and we'll read verse 24. The book of the Proverbs reading
chapter 20 and verse 24. Man's goings are of the Lord. How can a man then understand
his own way? Solomon, that man granted great
wisdom, wrote the Proverbs. And as we read the Proverbs,
we must recognise that those things which he wrote, he understood
what he was writing and why he was writing them, as the Spirit
of God instructed him. And he was able to write those
things which He walked through and understood what they meant.
And this clearly is a word that he would have understood, a word
that he would have been aware of. And he proved it in his own
life, and how true it is that man's goings are of the Lord. That means his ways, our ways,
are of the Lord. And he goes on to say, how can
a man then understand his own way? Well, the problem we have
is that we as sinful mortals tend to have some ideas and some
plans for our own life. And we assume that those plans
will work out in our understanding. But we have to learn and we have
to prove that very often those ideas that we had didn't work
out and therefore this word is true. How can a man understand
his own way? We often cannot understand our
own way. Sometimes we are tempted to say,
well, why is this happening to me? Why has this come into my
life? And we almost say it with an
argumentative spirit to Almighty God. We almost say, well, Lord,
why has this come on me? Why should I walk in this way?
Why couldn't I have an easier path? Why couldn't it go in this
way or that way? Well, the result is that this
word is also true. Man's goings are of the Lord. And the truth is this. The Lord
knows the end from the beginning. He knows what's going to occur
at the beginning. He knows how it's going to proceed
and He knows how it's going to end. And that's something which
we just don't know. We do not know the end. We recognise
the beginning when it starts and that has reference to everything
really in our lives and we don't know how it's going to end. But God does know how it's going
to end. And so, if we recognise that
man's gains are of the Lord, and to not then be annoyed perhaps,
upset, if things go in a different way, a different direction to
what we thought they would. You see, God knows best. God's ways are right. And I believe
that the Lord deals with us in that way which brings us to submit
ourselves to the plan of God. We're told to submit ourselves
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exhort us in due
time. And we are to cast all our care upon him, because he
cares for us. And so therefore, in our lives
as we continue through this world, to realise the Lord is Gracious
and the Lord is mindful of us. We only have to think of God's
servant Jacob, don't we? And what's said of him? The Lord
found him. What a wonder if the Lord's found
you. The Lord's found me. Where was he found? He was found
in a waste hound in wilderness. God found him. And then God led
him about. And God instructed him and God
kept him as the apple of his eye. That means he kept him very
close to himself and his eye was upon him. So we recognise
then that what God did for Jacob wasn't isolated. We might say,
well of course Jacob was a very remarkable and unusual character
and he was a man greatly blessed and so he was. But he was a human
person and no different really to you and me. And so we should
also understand that what was true of Jacob is also true of
us today. And as we think of that, may
that be a strength and a comfort and a support to us to think
that the Lord, he found where we were, he knew where we were.
Of course God knows where we've been from the very moment we
were born. He knows where we wandered to.
He knows if we'd gone to those places, and done those things
which we should not have done. God's watched over us, God's
been mindful of us, and God hasn't dealt with us as our sins have
deserved. Yet man's goings are of the Lord,
and I believe the Lord allows us sometimes to make big mistakes
in our life, to make big mistakes in our life, to show us the weakness
of our flesh, and to also show us the kindness and the goodness
and the mercy of the Lord, not dealing with us as we deserve. Man's goings are of the Lord. Now, there are a number of texts
in the Word of God which confirm that God's way is right. David
was able to speak and to say, as for God, his way is perfect. And we know that David's life
wasn't perfect. But see, David's walked in that way and David's
life brought him to acknowledge his position before God and to
also recognise the greatness of Almighty God. So when we find
that our lives are very much less than perfect and sometimes
we are allowed to do this sin and do that sin, it's to show
to us that This word is true man's goings are of the Lord,
as the Lord allows us to do those things which are not God honouring. We recognise then the need for
the Lord to look upon us in love and mercy. And then we see, how
can a man then understand his own way? We can't understand
at the time why a particular situation occurred. Well, perhaps
we do sometimes at a time, but usually not. It's usually when
we look back and we see how God's hand has been upon us. The Lord
hasn't left us, although we may think he has. He's allowed us
to go and do certain things which have brought us to recognise
our weakness and our sinfulness. and our dependence upon the mercy
and favour of Almighty God. How can a man understand his
own way? Well, the God's servant David
knew that. As for God, his way is perfect.
And then the Apostle Paul tells us, and we know that all things
work together for good. We may say, well how can something
that I've done in my life work together for good? Well, it can,
because it works in this way. We're brought to realise that
we don't have any strength ourselves. We're taught that the devil is
far stronger than we thought, and he's also much cleverer than
we thought, and he is a wily foe. And therefore, as the Spirit
of God shows us how we've fallen and how we've sinned, Now we've
listened to what the devil says. Then we come and say, well, yes,
how can a man understand his own way? We can't understand
our own way, but we can understand how God is directing us and teaching
us and showing us more and more of ourselves. And it is really
a continual teaching in our journey of life, as God's people journey
on through life. The Lord is constantly showing
us new things, showing us more of ourselves. And blessed be
God if he shows us more of himself, shows us more of his greatness,
more of his mercy, more of his love. And these things, you know,
are not really, when we're taught to show more of ourselves, they're
not very comfortable. They can often be very painful
and make us hang our head and make us regret our situation. But it is that way that God has
directed us in, man's goings are of the Lord, and his goings
are to really bring us and make us conformable unto his image. That's what the Apostle Paul
prayed for and desired. And if you and I are to be made
more like the Saviour, and I hope we all want to be made more like
the Saviour, it will be in this way that we shall recognise that
what the Lord's goings are, man's goings are of the Lord, and the
Lord directs us, and then we understand. We understand what
God's doing. We don't understand our way.
How can a man then understand his own way? Well, it's a wonderful
favour then, tonight, if we can see God's hand upon us for good,
that he hasn't cast us out. And He hasn't cast us out and
we have the evidence of that in our hearts by the good hand
of God upon us, showing us what the Lord is doing in our lives. Man's goings are of the Lord. And we may be surprised at some
of those directions. We may have changed direction
in our lives. There may have been a complete
change in our direction. Indeed, there will have been
if the Spirit of God has come to us and made us spiritually
alive and given us that true spirit of repentance. To repent
really is to turn around and go in an opposite direction from
the way we were going. I wonder tonight if we can see
then that our goings are the Lord. The Lord has directed us.
The Lord has changed our direction. Changed it completely. We are
now facing the opposite way. We never thought we would go
that way. We never thought we would be
found in that way. We never really believed we would
be found seeking the Lord earnestly, praying to Him, reading the Bible. We never thought we would be
like that. What do we find? Man's goings are of the Lord.
It is of the Lord's mercies that you and I are not consumed. What
a wonderful thing it is to know that in the good hand of our
God is upon us for good. Man's goings are of the Lord.
There's no doubt about it. How can a man then understand
his own way? We don't understand our own way.
But you see, God directs us. And as we try and work it out,
you try and work out your life. You look back in your life and
say, well I could never have planned my life like that. No,
God's ways are higher than our ways. Don't forget that. God's
ways are higher than our ways. You see, we only look on the
human level. We only consider things on a
human level. That's in our natural way. But
God looks down from heaven and God's ways are higher than our
ways. And God leads us in that way which is good for us. good
for our soul and that way which will bring us at last to our
eternal home in glory if we are those whom the Lord has graciously
spoken to and the Lord has graciously dealt with. And we have many
occasions in the Word of God where people have been led and
directed and the Lord has brought about a wonderful occurrence
and a wonderful situation. And it is the Lord's way. Man's goings are of the Lord. How can a man understand his
own way? You think of the case of Joseph. Joseph is an outstanding character
in the Word of God. You think when he started out
on that walk, leaving his father to look for his brethren, He
wouldn't have thought it would have been over 20 years before
he would see his father again. And yet, you see, his goings
were of the Lord. The Lord hadn't forsaken Joseph,
although it may have seemed so to him as he was sold, when his
brothers took him first of all and tore off his coat and threw
him in the pit. We're not told what he thought
of when he was in that situation. Then he was sold to the Midianites.
Yes, and went down into Egypt. The life he had, how difficult
it was. And we see how righteous he was
in his life. We see how well thought of he
was in his life and how he didn't bow down to temptations of Potiphar's
wife. Yes, he was given much grace
and then for being honourable and being upright, doing those
things which were correct, he was cast into prison. How can
a man understand his own way? How could Joseph understand his
way? And we are told in the 102nd
or 103rd Psalm that when he was in prison, there he was, in chains. He wasn't just in
an easy place, he was in chains. And we're told the word of the
Lord tried him. That word, those dreams which
God had given to him, which he'd been bold enough to declare to
his father and mother and to his brethren, and now how far
off they seemed from ever being fulfilled. There he was in prison. The butler had been restored
to his place in Pharaoh's palace. He'd been asked to remember Joseph. He'd forgotten all about him.
Poor Joseph's there in that prison house. Well, man's goings are
the Lord. In Joseph's case, the Lord was
leading him very clearly, day by day, week by week, year by
year, bringing him to that position when he would be made the second
in the kingdom, very high, ruler of all Pharaoh's household and
all of the country. How can a man then understand
his way? Then you see when he was brought
before Pharaoh and able to give the interpretation of that dream
as God helped him. And let's not forget that In
that position, he acknowledged it was the Lord that gave him
the understanding of dreams. It wasn't himself. He never took
anything to himself. He always desired to give honour
and glory to God. But eventually, he was indeed
brought to that place of eminence. Man's goings are the Lord. He
would have been able to then look back and say, well, now
I understand. Now I see. What teaching there
was? It wasn't done quickly, was it?
Over 20 years he had to endure. No doubt he thought when he had
those dreams it wouldn't be long. He probably thought it would
be very soon. But no, those years had to elapse
and God's purposes were being worked out. God's plan was being
produced. Joseph is just part of that great
plan. Many things had to work out before
that came to pass. And yet, at the appointed time,
it came to pass. How can a man understand his
own way? So if we today find ourselves
not really understanding our position, we can't think Why
am I in this place? Why am I in this path? Well,
ponder and think about Joseph. Because Joseph was blessed with
a revelation from God and it took a long time to work its
way out. But in the end, it did come. It did come to pass, as all of
God's ways come to pass. And if the Lord has spoken to
you and spoken to me, giving you a mere promise, and perhaps
we expected it to be fulfilled very quickly, and now we see,
well, it hasn't been fulfilled, and I don't understand why. Here's
a word, how can a man understand his own way? But my friends,
if God has given you a word and given you a direction and spoken
to you, be encouraged because The Lord will bring it to pass,
man's goings are of the Lord. And man's goings are of the Lord.
And it is being worked out, but the difference is, it's not being
worked out in accordance with your understanding, but it's
being worked out in accordance with God's plan. And there's
often a very big difference between God's plan and our understanding. We sometimes jump to conclusions. When God speaks, we think, ah,
that's the word I was waiting for, that's the word I wanted,
and now everything will be plain sailing. Generally speaking,
when the word gives you a mere word, it will be tried, it will
be tested. And that's good, because we don't
want to find we are following a false word, something which
is of the flesh. And therefore, those words will
be tested. Tested by the Spirit of God,
tried. And the wonder of it is then, that which is of God will
come through and come through the fire. It may be like, as
though we're put in a fire, in a tempest. It may be we see all
our religions being burnt up. But it won't be. That which is
of the flesh will be burnt up. You'll lose that. But that which
is of the spirit, you won't lose. Why? Because it's God's work.
And God's work never fails. God's work stands forever. Man's
goings are the Lord. The Lord's work, his goings,
they come to pass. How can a man then understand
his own way? Then perhaps we can think of
the book of Esther and we can think of Mordecai and how Mordecai's
life was really very unusual. And what was the real turning
point in Mordecai's life? Well, the turning point was really
when Ahasuerus, the king, couldn't sleep. That's a small thing relative,
isn't it? Sometimes you see there are small
things in our lives which change things. man's goings are of the Lord.
In Mordecai's life, his goings were of the Lord. And there was
that night when the king could not sleep. And what did he do? He asked for the books of the
history to be brought before him and read. Those things which
had occurred in his life and perhaps before his life. And
they were brought, they were read. And as they were being
read, I read of an account where Mordecai had listened to some
people who were intending to do evil against the king. And they were able to stop that
occurring. And the king said, and what's
been done to Mordecai for that information that he was able
to give? They said, well nothing's been
done. And then he said, well, he should be recognised. And
he asked who was in the court, and of course, Hayman was there.
And he said, bring him in. And he said, what shall be done
to the man that the King delighteth to honour? And Hayman, proud
and wicked man that he was, thought, well, who can it be but himself? And of course, it wasn't. And
he described what should be done. He should be put on the King's
horse, and robed with the King's robes, and the crown put on his
head, and the ring on his finger. Haemon was told to go and do
it to Mordecai that sat in the king's gate. We see then that
Mordecai was wonderfully blessed. Mordecai was acknowledged for
what he'd done. Well, man's goings are of the
Lord. No doubt that deed which he'd
done, he may have virtually forgotten about. It was something some
time ago. But the Lord had not forgotten
about it. and it was brought to the King's
knowledge. We may sometimes think and be
disappointed and think, well that can't have been of the Lord
and that can't have been right, it seems to have been forgotten
about. Well sometimes things are then
brought to the knowledge, brought back to our knowledge sometimes.
Sometimes we've virtually forgotten things and the Lord brings them
back to our knowledge and as we then are brought to understand. How can a man understand his
own way? He couldn't understand it at the time. But we look back
and we see how the Lord has been gracious to us and the Lord has
been mindful of us. The Lord is doing that which
will be for his honour and glory. Man's goings are of the Lord. So we should not be disappointed. You think of the Apostle Paul
in his life. when he went on that journey
in the ship with those prisoners. And there was that time of shipwreck. Again, you might think, well,
why was that? Well, I'm sure Paul couldn't
understand why it was. There was all those nights in
those hurricane conditions in the sea. And yet, you see, God
had a purpose of bringing them safe to land. and bringing about
a blessing to those people on that island. God's ways are higher
than our ways. Sometimes it brings us into these
situations. Paul had to be shipwrecked. He
wasn't amongst those who were left on board. He was shipwrecked
as well. He had to escape to the shore, so it may be in our
lives. We may find ourselves shipwrecked,
perhaps not in a physical way, but where we've had to, as it
were, swim to the shore. Something we didn't expect to
do. Difficulties have arisen. We didn't think would occur.
We set out on a nice journey, maybe a spiritual journey, maybe
setting out on. The Lord brings that journey. eventually to an end. But in
that journey, there proved to be many difficulties, many times
of trial. But in Paul's life, of course,
remember what? He prayed to his God. He was
able to say, the Lord stood by me this night. What a wonderful
thing it is if God stands by us and speaks to us. It was the night time. with Paul. And it's sometimes for you and
me, the night time in our spiritual life, when God comes to us as
we are pleading with Him, pleading with Him for mercy. We are not
able to understand our own way. And we are pleading to Him. And
He comes then. And He shows us, yes, the Lord
knows where we are. He knows the condition we are
in. He knows our concerns. He knows our desires. We recognise
that our goings are of the Lord. The Lord is directing us in a
right way. Yes, he brought them in the right
way. How wonderful it is to think
of that. Think of the words which the
psalmists were able to write in that 107th Psalm when he tells
us, they wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way. Sometimes
our path is lonely. Lonely. They wandered in the
wilderness in a solitary way. They found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul
fainted in them. Well, perhaps our soul may be
like that, fainting within us. We may be hungry and thirsty,
And we come and say, well, I can't understand my way. I can't understand my way. Then, what was the result? Then,
they cried unto the Lord in their trouble. And if you and I are
in that condition, it would be a great trouble to us. And we
would be found crying to God because we have no one else to
pray to, no one else to go to. We're in a solitary way. We're,
as it were, shut up to God. I wonder if you know what that
is, to be shut up to God. That's a good place. It's not
a comfortable place, but it's a good place. Because you're
looking then to the Lord. You're not looking anywhere else. You're looking to God. They cried
unto the Lord in their trouble. And He delivered them. out of
their distresses. God hears and answers prayer
and God does come and he does deliver. And although at the
time we can't understand our way, nonetheless man's goings
are the Lord. It's the way the Lord is leading,
the Lord is directing. We have these words and he led
them forth by the right way. The Lord never makes a mistake
in your life and my life. He leads us by the right way.
Let us always recognise that, that they might go to a city
of habitation. Our journey is towards that place
of glory in heaven. And my friends, in order to arrive
at that place, the Lord leads us in that right way, the way
that we don't understand, but the Lord knows the way that you
and I are to be led, are to be directed, and it is Our goings
are of the Lord. What a blessing it is to think
of that tonight, that we have a great almighty God who created
all things. He's gracious to you and me,
such insignificant sinners of the earth, not worth any notice.
And yet to have the evidence that God is dealing with us as
sons and daughters of the Most High God. is a very humbling
experience, and a very blessed experience, and a very encouraging
experience, because then we shall recognise, yes, the Lord is dealing
with me in love to my soul, in love to my soul. And they might
go forth by the right way, that they might go to the city of
habitation. Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,
and for his wonderful works to the children of men. What reason
there is, is there not, to praise the Lord for his goodness and
for his wonderful mercy toward us. May we recognise the great
truth of it and may we desire to praise and to bless our God. There will be then that time
of true prayer, true pouring out our heart unto our God. And that's a blessing. because
that emanates from our God. David said in the 25th Psalm,
he said this, Show me thy ways. He didn't want his way. Show
me thy ways, O Lord. I wonder if we prayed that, that
God would show us his ways. You know, that's easy to read
and easy to say, isn't it? But that really means that if
we pray that, and it's a good prayer, that we need to get rid
of all of our way, that way which is false, that way which is for
our own benefit, as it were. Show me Thy ways, O Lord, teach
me Thy paths, again not my path. We won't understand it as the
Lord leads us. But we shall know if we pray
like this, The way the Lord is leading us and teaching us is
the right way. Because, lead me in thy truth and teach me
for thou art the God of my salvation, on thee do I wait all the day.
David had this real concern that he would be led by the Holy Spirit
of God. He was able to come very humbly
and say, thou art the God of my salvation. He was blessed
with that personal relationship. He wasn't praying to the unknown
God. And it will be a mercy for you
and me tonight if we have the evidence that we do know the
Lord because of what he's done for us. If God has done anything
for you and me, it's because of his mercy and it shows to
us that he has loved us with an everlasting love and that
we therefore do know the Lord And therefore we can come to
him like this and say, for thou art the God of my salvation.
That means it's the Lord God who has saved our soul. The God
of my salvation. And that saving knowledge is
because of what Christ has done for us. Because we have a hope
in the mercy of God. We have a hope that the Lord
Jesus Christ has died upon Calvary's cross to deliver us from the
wrath to come, to take away all our sins, every sin, and to give
us that robe of his righteousness. We won't understand our way How
can a man then understand his own way? Because what God has
done for us in bringing us to that situation, to understand
these truths out of the God of my salvation, the Lord has brought
us in that right way, that good way, where we see nothing in
ourselves, but we see everything we need is in the Lord Jesus
Christ. And David goes on, Remember,
O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses, for they
have been ever of old." Well, it's wonderful to know that we
have a God who has tender mercies toward us and loving kindnesses. Then he has to go on. He has
to confess, and this is just what you and I will have to do.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions, how many
they have been, we may have much cause to mourn the sins of our
youth and the many transgressions that we've done. And so, this
prayer will not be strange to us, but understand what David
desired. Remember not those sins. According to thy mercy, remember
thou me, for thy goodness sake, O Lord. It is the Lord's mercies
then that we are not consumed. Man's goings are of the Lord. How can a man then understand
his own way? We see in the life of Moses the
outworking of these words. Moses was born in that time when
the king had commanded that all the babies should be slain. And Moses' parents endeavoured
to save him from that death and his mother made that basket and
put it in the reeds. And we see then God's purposes
being fulfilled. None less than the king's daughter
comes along by the river and sees this little basket in the
reeds. the babe crying. Again, how wonderful
it is to realise that the Lord ordains every detail. He ordained that the king's daughter,
none less, should arrive at that time and then take pity on the
babe. and desire that he should be
brought up as his son. Now we see all this, do we not,
in God's great plan in delivering Israel from Egypt. Man's goings are the Lord. You
see don't we very clearly in the life of Moses how God's ways,
God's doings, God's goings are of the Lord. How can a man understand
his own way? Moses couldn't understand his
way, could he? Moses was there for 40 years in the palace of
Pharaoh, learning all about the court procedure. And clearly
the Lord had told him that he would be the person that would
deliver the Israel out of the land of Egypt. And he thought
of course that the time had come. He thought his brethren would
understand that he was the person, but we are told his brethren
understood not. And why was that? Because Moses
was only 50% prepared for that work. He learnt all the situation
necessary for the king's palace, but he had to learn a lot about
himself. And where did he learn that? It wasn't in the palace. It was in the desert, in the
backside of the desert, looking after the sheep. Very different,
wasn't it? But you see, it was God's purpose
in preparing Moses for that great work that God had ordained for
him. Man's goings are of the Lord.
So clear was it not, in Moses' life, his goings were directed
by God. Yes, and when the appointed time
came and God appeared to him in that burning bush, God then
instructed Moses then what he must do. And then he was a very
different man. He then said he wasn't suited, he wasn't able
to do this work. What had occurred, he'd come
down in his own estimation. And then he was willing to do
what God commanded him to do. Man's goings are of the Lord.
How can a man then understand his own way? Well, can Moses
understand his way? At that time, surely not. But
as I'm sure he looked back in his life, he would have observed
how God had prepared him for this work. My friends, God prepares
his people today. You and I won't have to lead
Israel out of Egypt, but the Lord has. a work for you and
me to do. We're not to be somebody who
has nothing to do. God has a work for you and me
to do. We may not always understand what
it is, and it may be something very small, but nonetheless God
has a work for you and me to do. And so man's goings are of the
Lord. The Lord directs us. The Lord
brings us through in the right way. We won't always understand. How can a man then understand
his way? Well, what a blessing if we can
look to the Lord and commit our way unto the Lord at all times,
desiring that His name may be honoured and glorified in all
that we say and in all that we do. Jeremiah tells us in his
A prophecy. He says, O Lord, I know that
the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man that walketh
to direct his steps. Very similar words, aren't they
really? He says, I know. And as the Lord teaches us, we
should also know that the way of man is not in himself. It
is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. It's God that
directs our steps. It's God that is with us. And
then Jeremiah says, again as he prays on, O Lord, correct
me, but with judgment, not in thine anger, lest thou bring
me to nothing. He desires that God would correct
him. That's not easy to say, is it?
We think perhaps we're doing something which we planned and
felt was right, to then come and say, Oh Lord, correct me. If we're doing wrong things,
if we're going the wrong way, to be corrected by the Lord,
Oh Lord, correct me. And this is because of the mistakes
we can so easily make if we think our way is in ourselves. It's
not in ourselves. It is not in man that walketh
to direct his steps. Oh Lord, correct me. I wonder
if we come to that place where we desire the Lord to correct
us. We pray don't we for many things,
don't we? I wonder if we come praying like that. Oh Lord, correct
me. We don't like to be found making
mistakes, do we? We don't like to have to come
and confess we've been wrong. You know, we often have been. Man's goings are of the Lord.
How can a man understand his own way? Well, we can't understand
in and of ourselves. But may we come and commit our
way unto the Lord. And pray that he will lead us
in a plain path. A plain path. We may not become
involved in complications. A plain path. You know, the plain
path of a believer is wonderful. A plain path of a believer is
really to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. To believe in what He has said. To trust Him for everything. How can a man understand his
own way? To think the Lord is bringing us to be dependent upon
Him. To be able to say, not my way,
not my will, but Thine be done. Submission to our God. and to be brought to understand
what the Lord has done, the price he's paid to save our souls. As we are able to appreciate
something of our sin, something of the evil of our heart, in
all those plans that we've had, to come and say, well, I know
now, if they come to pass, if God would not have had the honour
and glory, I would have claimed something for myself. But now I come, and
I have to say simply, to thy cross I cling, looking to the
Saviour, viewing Him suffering upon Calvary's cross, to deliver
my soul from the pit, to recognise that He shed His precious blood,
so willingly. And yet, what a cost it was,
what an agony passed through, to redeem your soul and my soul. Man's goings are of the Lord."
You see, the Lord does bring us to Calvary. Well, my friends, the blessing
is, if God has brought you and me there, to look to the Saviour,
to look to the Lord Jesus Christ, and to realise there's no hope
outside of Him. If our prayers are to be accepted,
it's only through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's
only if we come for His sake. How can a man understand his
own way? Blessed be God if He's brought
you and me to give up our own way and to cast all our care
upon Him and to be found then at Calvary believing in what
he has done, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be saved. And that is an eternal safety,
because we are then safe in the arms of Jesus. Oh my friends,
what a blessing it will be then, if you are not able to understand
what Solomon wrote here in these words, man's goings are of the
Lord, to realise that what the Lord directs us in, what the
Lord leads us in, Whatever that may be, strange as it may be
to ourselves, it is the Lord's doings and it's the right way.
How can a man then understand his own way? We won't understand
our own way, but it will be a blessing to come casting all our care
upon Him, believing that He cares for us. Man's doings are of the
Lord. How can a man then understand
his own way? Amen.