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Devotional January 27, 2021

Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
      because of my enemies;
      make your way straight before me.
(Psalm 5:8, NRSV)

I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
      for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.
(Psalm 4:8, NRSV)

They’re the scripture verses that inspire one of my favorite hymns from our United Methodist Hymnal. At first, it may not seem like much of a hymn — more of a refrain, really. Four simple lines. Relaxed tempo. Simple melody. Perhaps you know it:

Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;

make thy way plain before my face. 

For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only, 

that makest me dwell in safety. 

(“Lead Me, Lord” — UMH #473)

It’s that second line that hits. Make thy way plain before my face. I’m with the psalmist — how I long for God’s ways, God’s paths, God’s intentions to be unmistakably plain! Particularly in this constantly shifting, utterly unsettling season, I long for that kind of clarity and direction. 

So today, I’m praying along with the psalmist. I’m praying for God’s way to be plain as day… and for the patience to reveal it in God’s own good time. 

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Be people of prayer, friends… and remember:

Our God is bigger than coronavirus. 
Our vision is bigger than coronavirus, too. 
We are people blessing people. 
We are Wesley Church.   

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