The Request
Teach me your ways, O Lord,
that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
so that I may honor you.
Psalm 86:11 NLT
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The Reply
This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.”
Isaiah 48:17 NLT
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If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
John Calvin
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The Response
I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
Since my youth, God, you have taught me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
Psalm 71: 16-17 NIV
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God,
teach me to be satisfied with my own helplessness in the spiritual life.
Teach me to be content with Your grace that comes to me in darkness
and that works things I cannot see.
Teach me to be happy that I can depend on You.
To depend on You should be enough for an eternity of joy.
To depend on You by itself ought to be infinitely greater
than any joy which my own intellectual appetite could desire.
Thomas Merton