LORD MAKE YOUR WAY CLEAR BEFORE ME

Proclamation:

“But I, by Your great love, can come into Your house; in reverence I bow down toward Your holy temple.  Lead me, Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.”  Psalm 5:7-8 (NIV)

Explanation:

The words of this psalm were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by King David.  He begins this psalm by asking The Lord God to hear his prayer. (Psalm 5:1-2)  David states that the first thing that he does every morning is to pray to The Lord. (Psalm 5:3)  Then he begins to expound upon some of the things displease God. (Psalm 5:4-6)  David then states that by the love of God, and by the multitude of His mercy, he can enter the house of God.  He bows down in reverence and worship even when he looks upon or faces God’s holy temple.  Then he asks The Lord to lead him in His righteousness and to make His way clear before him.

Application:

Like David, we should begin every day with prayer.  We should hold The Lord God in reverential awe, and we should even respect His holy temple.  In addition to thanking God for His grace and mercy and blessing us with one more day, we should ask Him to guide us throughout the day.  We should all walk in the way that The Lord God would have us to walk.  Our prayer should be that The Lord will make His way clear to us, so that it is easy for us to discern, and that He will guide us and help us as we walk in His way. (Psalm 23:3)  We want The Lord to order our steps. (Psalm 37:23)  We want The Lord to clearly tell us what to do, and to show us the way to go.