"The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works." (Psalm 114:17) "As for God, His way is perfect." (Psalm 18:30)
That is the character of God's way; what about our way? Here is God's answer: "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways." (Isaiah 55:9)
Since God's way is right, and our way is infinitely below it, it is plain that our way is all wrong, no matter how perfect it seems to us. "There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." (Proverbs 16:25)
It is clear enough, therefore, that the worst thing that can happen to us is to have our own way. If we do, we are sure to go wrong. "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walks to direct his steps." (Jeremiah 10:23)
If we attempt to regulate anything, and try to direct the affairs, so as to have them according to our ideas, the result will surely be failure. Therefore we need to pray: "Show me your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths." (Psalm 25:4)
Then comes the promise: "I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go; I will guide you with my eye." (Psalm 32:8)
And the result is this: "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in all law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways." (Psalm 119:1-3)--Present Truth, April 3, 1902--Psalm 114:17.