Morning, September 1
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Psalms 73:24
"Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to
glory."
Psalm 73:24
The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been
discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be
constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God's counsel should
henceforth guide him. A sense of our own folly is a great step towards
being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord. The
blind man leans on his friend's arm and reaches home in safety, and so
would we give ourselves up implicitly to divine guidance, nothing
doubting; assured that though we cannot see, it is always safe to trust
the all-seeing God. "Thou shalt," is a blessed expression of
confidence. He was sure that the Lord would not decline the
condescending task. There is a word for thee, O believer; rest thou in
it. Be assured that thy God will be thy counsellor and friend; he shall
guide thee; he will direct all thy ways. In his written Word thou hast
this assurance in part fulfilled, for holy Scripture is his counsel to
thee. Happy are we to have God's Word always to guide us! What were the
mariner without his compass? And what were the Christian without the
Bible? This is the unerring chart, the map in which every shoal is
described, and all the channels from the quicksands of destruction to
the haven of salvation mapped and marked by one who knows all the way.
Blessed be thou, O God, that we may trust thee to guide us now, and
guide us even to the end! After this guidance through life, the
Psalmist anticipates a divine reception at last--"and afterward receive
me to glory." What a thought for thee, believer! God himself will
receive thee to glory--thee! Wandering, erring, straying, yet he will
bring thee safe at last to glory! This is thy portion; live on it this
day, and if perplexities should surround thee, go in the strength of
this text straight to the throne.