Psalm 32:8, 9 (NIV) I will instruct you and 
teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel 
you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse 
or the mule, which have no understanding but 
must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will 
not come to you.  

WORD STUDY

Guide you with My eye. i.e., watch over you. 
[Andrews SB] 

INTRODUCTION

God describes some people as being like 
horses or mules that have to be controlled by bits 
and bridles. Rather than letting God guide them 
step by step, they stubbornly leave God only one 
option. If God wants to keep them useful for him, he 
must use discipline and punishment. God longs to 
guide us with love and wisdom rather than 
punishment. He offers to teach us the best way to go. 
Accept the advice written in God's Word and don't 
let your stubbornness keep you from obeying God. 
[Life Application SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

A Change Of Direction
   The word conversion means "to turn 
around," "to change one's mind," "to turn back," or 
"to return." In the realm of religion, it has 
been variously explained as "to repent," "to be 
regenerated," "to receive grace," "to experience 
religion," or "to gain assurance." 
   I remember one confirmed alcoholic who 
came to one of the opening meetings of a crusade 
and said to me, "Mr. Graham, I'm not sure 
there's a word of truth in what you're saying, but 
I'm going to give your Christ a trial, and if He 
works even a little bit the way you say He will, 
I'll come back and sign up for life!" 
   Weeks later he told me that he didn't 
quite understand it, but every time he started to 
take a drink it seemed as though something or 
someone stopped him. Christ had given him victory 
over his vicious habit. He returned to his family 
and is now living his life for Christ. In other 
words, he turned around; he changed his way of 
thinking - he had been converted! 
   What habit do you need a victory over 
today? [Peace for Each Day by Billy Graham] 

CLOSING THOUGHTS

God made us: invented us as a man invents an 
engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would 
not run properly on anything else. Now God 
designed the human machine to run on Himself. He 
Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to 
burn, or the food our spirits were designed to 
feed on. There is no other. That is why it is 
just no good asking God to make us happy in our 
own way without bothering about religion. God 
cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from 
Himself, because it is not there. There is no such 
thing. C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity  

God created a void in your heart that is 
only His to fill. When life becomes meaningless, 
boring, and hard it's because we've been filling it 
with anything but Him. 
[daughterbydesign.wordpress.com] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

Psalm 32:8, 9 - God Wants Us To Know The Way.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220429-1046.html 

Philippians 4:6 - Turning Worry into Prayers.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220428-1041.html 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs <FGGibbs@abible.com> 

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