I Will Guide You

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye." (1)

"You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory." (2) "The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought." (3) "To guide our feet into the way of peace." (4) "When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth." (5)

Our God does not abandon us. He is ready, willing and able to give guidance to those who are willing to be led. He is our teacher, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go." (1) "All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children" (6). Regarding Jesus it was said, "We know that You are a teacher come from God." (7)

Christ's commission to His disciples also included His authority, guidance, teaching and presence, Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (8)

Jesus gave much of His instruction as He walked with His disciples through the hills and valleys of Palestine, teaching and healing along the way. With parables He linked divine truth with common experiences of life. The prophets of old and disciples of the New Testament described their experiences and revelations received from God. Today, we have their writings and testimony of their witness.

God was present not only with them, He is present with us today through the Scriptures, by His Holy Spirit and by His leading providence. As we experience life, the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance the things we have learned from Scripture to help instruct us in the way (9). Jesus declared, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (10). This is why it's so important to listen, learn and follow the instruction that God has shared with us. There is no other way to the life that God has promised to share with those who are faithful and loyal to Him. "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye!" (1)

1. Psalm 32:8.
2. Psalm 73:24.
3. Isaiah 58:11.
4. Luke 1:79.
5. John 16:13.
6. Isaiah 54:13.
7. John 3:2.
8. Matthew 28:19, 20.
9. John 14:26.
10. John 14:6.