Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD,
and spread it before the LORD. Is 37:14
Does it not often happen that you are in great difficulty how to act in some particular case? Your course is not plain; your way is not open; each side seems equally balanced, and you cannot tell which to choose. Your wishes, perhaps, point one way; your fears, another. You are afraid lest you should decide wrongly; lest you should take what, in the end, may prove hurtful to you.
It is very trying to be brought into this painful conflict. And it adds to our distress if we are forced to go forward at once, and take one course or the other. Shall I tell you how you may be sure to find unspeakable relief?
Go and lay your matter before the Lord, as Hezekiah did with the king of Assyria's letter. Do not, however, deceive yourself, as many do, and seek counsel of God, having determined to act according to your own will, and not according to His. But, simply and honestly, ask that He would guide you. Commit your case to your Father in heaven; surrender yourself as a little child to be led as He pleases. This is the way to be guided aright, and to realize the blessing of having a heavenly Counselor. - A. Oxenden
"Confide all your works to the Lord, and He will arrange for all your plans."
Prov 16:3 Fenton's Translation.
Surrendered -- led alone by Thee,
and wait Thy guidance still.
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