Lead Me, Lord, And Keep Leading Me ~ Sunday Devotion
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10 (NIV)
Lord, teach me and lead me.
When we ask someone to teach us a skill it’s usually so that we can master that thing and eventually no longer need the instruction. Once you learn how to swim, you don’t need to keep going back to the instructor to remind you how to do it. You can move on without her.
There’s a concept in the corporate world known as The Peter Principle. Essentially, people get promoted to their level of incompetence. I think we sometimes approach our walk with the Lord like that. We learn. We grow. We follow His teaching. Then at some point we think we have things under control, and we sprint ahead only to realize we’re not sure what to do next. We’re floundering. We’re lost. We don’t succeed when we’re doing life on our own.
If we want to stay on level ground, we must always follow Jesus. He will never leave us. In fact, He wants to lead us and keep leading us. Share on XIf we want to continue walking on level ground, we must allow Jesus to always lead us. He would never set us up for failure like often happens in the corporate world. He wants to lead us. The Lord doesn’t expect you and me to master life. He offers His Spirit as our Guide.
Each day we have a new opportunity to learn what God wants us to do. He will give us a fresh glimpse of where He wants us to go if we’ll simply say, “Lord, please lead me.”
How we start our day makes all the difference in the rest of it. Each day may not go quite as planned, but it will go exactly as the Lord intends as long as we give it to Him and ask Him to be our guide.
Action Step: Are you giving the Lord your days? Are you starting with a teachable spirit and a heart surrendered to Him? Let’s make Psalm 143:10 our prayer today.
Lead me, Lord, and keep leading me. I choose to follow You. Amen.
Happy Sunday!
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