Lord God, I ask for Your guidance in my life. Your Word promises that You will guide us down the paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake. How often am I shipwrecked, beaten down, and defeated by my own devices! Please come and lead me, Lord. Make me lie down in green pastures, lead me beside the still waters. You are sovereign; You know all things. I surrender my ways for Yours. In Jesus’ name.
It is good to humble ourselves before God, admit that we’re helpless without Him, and ask for His perfect hand to guide us. We have a tendency to think that we know best. Quite often, we take the easy road and leave the harder road untraveled. But God, in His omniscience, knows exactly what is best for us. Sometimes, it’s that harder road.
If we live by the words of Proverbs 3:5-6, to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and not to lean upon our own understanding, then He promises us to direct our paths. We must acknowledge Him in all our ways, discerning that He knows best, and follow His guidance wherever that might lead. Psalm 23 reminds us that even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, He is with us, as it is the path of righteousness for His name’s sake.
