NOVEMBER 9
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth:
and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
The Psalmist was called early, and he
ascribes it to divine teaching.
None but God can teach us experimentally; and
the lessons He teaches are always useful and important.
He teaches all His scholars to know
themselves -- their depravity, poverty, and slavery.
He teaches them His law -- its purity, claims
and penalty.
He teaches them His gospel -- its fulness,
freeness and suitability.
He teaches them to know Himself; as a
reconciled God, as their Father and faithful Friend.
His teaching is accompanied with power and
authority.
Are we taught of God?
We may know divine teaching by its effects;
it
always produces humility, they sit at His feet;
dependance upon Him;
abhorrence
of sin;
love to God as a teacher;
obedience to the lessons taught;
thirst for
further attainments;
and it brings us daily to Jesus.
Let us earnestly seek divine teaching; it
preserves from dangers, sorrows, and snares; and if suitably improved, it
brings great glory to God, and honour to the cause of religion.
Our God says, “I will teach thee.”
Lord, teach me, and make me entirely Thine!
He that is taught of God, is wise, holy, and
useful.
Thy property alone;
No longer let me think it mine,
Or call myself my own.
James Smith
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