- Guide and Teach
Psalm 25:9
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
The conditional promise of guiding and teaching is for the meek. There are many promises for the meek. The meek are the teachable, who are empty enough to allow the filling of spiritual truth, and the humble, who are aware that they do not know it all. This excludes the proud and the arrogant, who can learn nothing new for they are full (of themselves) and already know it all and don’t need any help or mercy from God. The meek have already been beaten up and beaten down by life and its bullies. and something of self has been knocked out by hard knocks. They admit they don’t know it all, don’t have it all together, and can’t go it alone. They are empty, open, and ready to receive help and instruction from the Lord. For these kinds of people God promises guidance and teaching.
The teaching of the way includes not only imparting new information but also the desire and ability to do what the teaching says. It is not “teach to know,” but “teach to do.” The guiding in judgment is especially important because He leads the meek in making right choices. (In some ways, life is all about choices.) Certain choices have a huge influence in the general course of life and the fullness of it. Therefore, how wonderful is this promise that He will guide in judgment. Proper discernment of the right way, the opportune moment, the beneficial road, the proper timing, and the most helpful decision leads to life lived for meaning and purpose.
It is the Holy Spirit through His Word that leads us to make the right choices and to walk on the right way. Choosing by wise judgment the right path: “that has made all the difference.” Allow yourself to be “meeked” and trust Him to guide; the blessings will surely follow.