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Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me.
Psalm 25:5

What wonderful things does God sometimes show us in His Word! How our eyes sometimes seem to be anointed with eye-salve “to behold wondrous things out of God’s law!” (Psalm 119:18.) Sometimes in reading a chapter we see such beauty, such fullness, such sweetness, such glory in it, that it seems, as it were, to fill our very hearts. And what our souls need (I am sure my soul needs it, and it is my frequent cry to the Lord in secret that I may feel it) is to have this blessed truth taken out of the Word of God, and applied to and sealed upon our hearts by the Spirit of God.

I need no ‘new revelation’. Day by day I seem more satisfied of this, and more established in it—that all saving truth is in the Word of God. I seek no visions, I desire no dreams, I want no airy speculations; but when my heart is brought to lie at the footstool of mercy, this seems to be the panting and breathing of my soul—to know experimentally and spiritually the blessed truths that my eyes see in the Word of God, to have them opened up to my understanding, brought into my heart, grafted into my soul, applied to my conscience, and revealed with such supernatural and heavenly power that the truth as it is in Jesus may be in me a solemn and saving reality, that it may bring with it such a divine blessing as to fill me with grace, enlarge my heart into the enjoyment of the gospel, gird up my loins with spiritual strength, give and increase faith, communicate and encourage hope, shed abroad and draw forth love, and fill me with joy and peace in believing.

To the reader…

Do you know this? There are moments when a chapter of Scripture suddenly opens up, and its beauty and fulness fill your heart. And do you also know the times when you read and read, and it stays closed and cold? Then you are not alone. I too cry continually to the Lord in secret that the truth my eye sees may be brought into my heart.

So do not look for visions or dreams, and do not expect anything outside the Word either. All saving truth is in it. What you need is for the Spirit of God to take that truth and apply it to your conscience and seal it there, so that it becomes a living reality. So lie down at the footstool of mercy, with the Bible open, and pray simply: “Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me.” He Who anoints the eyes can also enlarge your heart and fill you with joy and peace in believing.

With warm regards,
The compilers of jcphilpot.nl