Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. : — I. THE PSALMIST'S NEED. 1. He felt that he was ignorant, and needed Divine illumination. He desired that God's will might be made clear to him (ver. 8). 2. He felt that he was weak, and needed strength to do, as well as enlightening to know, God's will. II. THE PSALMIST'S PRAYER. "Teach me to do Thy will." 1. He felt it to be his duty to do so. He would observe that all nature, man only excepted, does the Divine will and never swerves from it. 2. He felt that God's will was best. He knew that He had pleasure in the prosperity — spiritual and temporal — of His servants (Psalm 35:27). He would seek to acquiesce in the will of God, who sometimes takes away temporal blessings that man's affections may be more completely fixed upon his Creator, and causes him to pass through the furnace of affliction that when he is tried he may come forth as gold (Job 23:10). III. THE PSALMIST'S PLEA. "For Thou art my God." 1. He had realized to some extent God's love towards him. 2. He rejoiced in His love and desired to have God for his portion for ever. 3. He loved God and sought to do the things that please Him. (H. P. Wright, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. |
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