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Psalm chapter 25 verse 9

he leads the humble and what is right and teaches the humble his way.

Obviously the key word repeated twice in this verse is humble.

This picture of humility and the promise to those who have it.

He leads the humble and what is right. Like who of us doesn't want to be led by

God and what is right. He teaches the humble his way.

Who of us doesn't want to be taught the way of God so we can walk in it?

So the key to being led in what is right and being taught

the way of God is humility. Which makes sense. Like pride, which is in a sense at the root of sin, a desire to do things our own way instead of God's way.

Our desire to redefine what is right according to our standards instead of God's

standards. So as a result the proud are not led in what is right and And the proud are not taught God's way because

we're rebelling against God's way and we're walking in what we may think is

right but not what God has said is right. So Psalm 25, verse 9, just leads us then to

pray for, seek out, cultivate humility in our lives. This is something we all need more of.

If you don't think you need more of it, that's probably a sure sign that you do because it sounds like you're pretty proud

that you're apparently humble enough already. That would make no sense. We all need more

humility. We all need to grow in humility.

C.S. Lewis basically called it like the great

unattainable.

He talked about how you work and you work and you work to be humble.

And then once you get there you're proud of it and you have to start all over again.

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