{"id":1198,"date":"2011-08-07T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2011-08-07T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T10:00:04","slug":"lord-i-feel-my-own-utter-helplessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"Lord, I feel my own utter helplessness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cO send forth Your light and Your truth,<br \/>\nlet them guide me.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Psalm%2043.3\">Psalm 43:3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Christian is often dissatisfied with his state. He<br \/>\nis well aware of the shallowness of his attainments<br \/>\nin the divine life, as well as of the ignorance and the<br \/>\nblindness that are in him. He cannot perceive the path<br \/>\nof life. He sees and feels so powerfully the workings<br \/>\nof sin and corruption, that he often staggers, and is<br \/>\nperplexed in his mind.<br \/>\nAnd therefore, laboring under the feeling of . . .<br \/>\nhis own shortcomings for the\u00a0<strong>past<\/strong>,<br \/>\nhis helplessness for the\u00a0<strong>present<\/strong>,<br \/>\nand his ignorance for the\u00a0<strong>future<\/strong>,<br \/>\nhe wants to go forward wholly and solely<br \/>\nin the strength of the Lord, to be . . .<br \/>\nled,<br \/>\nguided,<br \/>\ndirected,<br \/>\nkept,<br \/>\nnot by\u00a0<strong>his own<\/strong> wisdom and power\u2014but by<br \/>\nthe supernatural entrance of light and truth<br \/>\ninto his soul.<br \/>\nWhen thus harassed and perplexed, he will at times<br \/>\nand seasons, as his heart is made soft, cry out with<br \/>\nfervency and importunity, as a beggar that will not<br \/>\ntake a denial, \u201cO send forth Your light and Your truth,<br \/>\nlet them guide me!\u201d As though he would say, \u201c<strong>Lord,<br \/>\nI feel my own utter helplessness!<\/strong> I know I must go<br \/>\nastray, if you do not condescend to guide me. I have<br \/>\nbeen betrayed a thousand times when I have trusted<br \/>\n<strong>my own heart<\/strong>. I have been entangled in my\u00a0<strong>base<br \/>\nlusts<\/strong>. I have been puffed up by\u00a0<strong>presumption<\/strong>. I have<br \/>\nbeen carried away by\u00a0<strong>hypocrisy <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>pride<\/strong>. I have been<br \/>\ndrawn aside into the\u00a0<strong>world<\/strong>. I have never taken a single<br \/>\nstep aright when left to myself. And therefore feeling<br \/>\nhow unable I am to guide myself a single step of the<br \/>\nway, I come unto You, and ask You to send forth Your<br \/>\nlight and Your truth, that they may guide me, for\u00a0<strong>I<br \/>\nam utterly unable to lead myself<\/strong>.\u201d<br \/>\nThe child of God\u2014feeling his own ignorance, darkness,<br \/>\nblindness, and sinfulness\u2014causes him to moan, and<br \/>\nsigh, and cry unto God\u2014that he might be . . .<br \/>\n<strong>led <\/strong>every step,<br \/>\n<strong>kept <\/strong>every moment,<br \/>\n<strong>guided <\/strong>every inch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cO send forth Your light and Your truth,<br \/>\nlet them guide me.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Psalm%2043.3\">Psalm 43:3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cO send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me.\u201d\u00a0Psalm 43:3 The Christian is often dissatisfied with his state. He is well aware of the shallowness of his attainments in the divine life, as well as of the ignorance and the blindness that are in him. He cannot perceive the path of life. 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