My daughter Keri helped sing this one for the
recording. When I think about the response it makes me think about the innocence
of children.When we tell children about
God’s love they accept it.They accept that our willingness to follow God’s laws will open up his
grace to our lives.Jesus asks us all to
be children of God and points out that we need childlike faith.When children go to school they are shown the
path to success in school and are guided by teachers, parents, and community volunteers
to achieve that success.Jesus said let
no man be called teacher.Of course that
must be taken in context since Jesus was talking about the teaching of God’s
righteousness.There is no true teacher
of righteousness but Jesus himself.Anyone who teaches righteousness outside of Christ’s grace should not be
called a teacher (of rightieousness).By making known his
path to him, our pastors, parents, and elders who are in Christ’s grace show us
the way to Christ through both teaching and example. As we learn more of the path of Christ we
learn of his compassion.We learn how
long he’s loved us and that he will always love us.We learn that without God, we are merely lost
sinners.We are therefore implored to
become humble students of the Lord.Only
people with a humble heart can possibly accept the teachings of Christ.Of course what is more humble than the heart
of a child?With childlike faith we too
can learn from our teacher Jesus Christ and his church which is his body on
Earth.It all comes back to all of us
accepting that we are children of God and humbly falling before him listening to his will for our lives.
R. (cf. 10) Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your love are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Good and upright is the LORD,
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
and he teaches the humble his way.
