"Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies." (Psalm 27:11) "Show me your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths." (Psalm 25:4)
This is a prayer that all need to utter continually, because: "It is not in man that walks to direct his steps." (Jeremiah 10:23)
And God's way, which is infinitely higher than man's way, or his comprehension, is the only right way. We are so ignorant, and so dull of comprehension, that we have need to pray with emphasis, "Make your way straight before my face." (Psalm 5:8)
Well for us is it that we have a Teacher who is very considerate, "Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way." (Hebrews 5:2)
Even though we have neglected, or even despised, previous instruction, He is still patient to give wisdom, "and upbraids not." (James 1:5)
Here are some good promises for our encouragement: "What man is he that fears the Lord? him shall He teach in the way that He shall choose. ... The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant." (Psalm 25:12,14) "If any man wills to do His will, he shall know the teaching." (John 7:17) "The meek will He guide in judgment; and the meek will He teach His way." (Psalm 25:9)
Moses was the meekest man, and "He made known His ways unto Moses." (Psalm 103:7)
Who can estimate the favor of being taught the way of the Lord, and being allowed to share His secret? But there is one indispensable requisite to gaining this knowledge, and that is meekness: "Be clothed with humility; for God resists the proud, and gives grace unto the humble." (1 Peter 5:5)
Who has this clothing? Nobody, for meekness and humility are foreign to human nature. All men are by nature "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." (Revelation 3:17)
But God provides white raiment, and He himself will take away the filthy rags, and clothe us with "change of raiment. That is, the Lord teaches His people, and himself provides the clothing necessary for attending the school." (Zechariah 3:4)--Present Truth, April 12, 1894--Original title: Front Page--Psalm 27:11.