January 14

The Psalmist seems to have an insight into our hearts. Perhaps it is because he is so like us that God chose him to write the words that have the insight into our pain and sorrow and convey it so effectively to the Throne of God. In Psalm 143:8, he cries to the Lord.

“Cause me to hear Your loving kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean and in You do I trust. Cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto You.” These words at once reveal some compelling things about not only the man who penned them but about those of us who have read them through the centuries.

They acknowledge first of all that it is important to go to God each day—preferably beginning in the morning and hopefully, continuing through the day. Secondly, they remind us that it is important that we listen to hear God speak to us, for when we have heard Him, we shall know within the depth of our being the way that He wants us to proceed through the day.

As we allow ourselves to trust Him, as we allow ourselves to hear Him, as we lift our souls in surrender to Him, He will guide us into the fullness of all He desires us to do and to be. Because Jesus has saved us, He has opened the portals of heaven to us and has met us at the Throne of Mercy and Grace where He will bestow upon us all we need to know the way we should walk.