What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

People-Centered Prayer
(d) The Need For Guidance

“And do not lead us into temptation ..” (Matt. 6:13)

“Enlarge my territory,” Jabez prayed. “That Your Hand would be with me.” (1 Chronicles 4:10).

The Prayer of Jesus incorporates that same request. This is a prayer that the Lord will guide our footsteps daily. We are saying, in effect: “Please do not allow us to get into that place where we may be overcome by temptation and fall into sin”.

It is a heartfelt and definite request that He would keep us from getting into situations where we may be liable to be tempted into sinning.

How often have we looked back on our day and wished with all our heart that we had not said and done some things? How different we may have reacted if we had been forewarned of certain situations and been able to avoid them.

This is a very important petition. We would avoid a lot of problems in our day if we spent time with the Lord first, asking Him to guide our footsteps and waiting for His direction.

The Lord wants us to seek His Face first before we go into our day and He promises to guide us clearly. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” (Psalm 32:8).

Val Waldeck

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