B--I think I know what you desire, and I believe it is a right desire, and provided for.

The Lord not only says, "I will guide thee--through the Scriptures", but "I will guide

thee with Mine eye" (Psa. 32: 8). This is not divorced from the teaching of the Word,

but arises out of it, for the complete verse reads: "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the

way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye."

A--I remember once being in the maze of Hampton Court, and when unable to discover

the right path, an attendant, standing on a central platform, just indicated by a nod which

turn to take.

B--It is good to feel that the intricate maze of life also is like an open book to the Lord,

and while you were speaking I remembered that Spurrell's version gives, as an

alternative to "guide", the words "nod to", which makes the figure more complete.

"I will guide thee with mine eye." This necessitates at least one thing in the

person guided: he must be looking up to the Lord: "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes"

(Psa. 123: 1). Verse 2 of the same Psalm continues: "Behold, as the eyes of servants

look unto the hand of their masters . . . . . so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God." It

seems therefore that to be guided by the eye implies something more than relationship; it

appears to suggest some measure of service.

Being guided by the eye is put in contrast with the guidance of the horse with bit and

bridle: "Be not like the uninstructed horse and mule, whose jaws must be held in with bit

and bridle, lest they come near unto thee" (Psa. 32: 9). How much better to be guided

by the Lord's eye, than to be held in by bit and bridle.

A--I suppose one of the reasons why the Lord's leading is so often hard is that we are

behaving like an obstinate mule instead of a willing servant.  Is there any help in

Scripture that would enable us to attain to this higher level?

B--There was a child of God who was envious at the foolish, when he saw the prosperity

of the wicked. He had a wretched time of it, until, to use his own words, "he went into

the sanctuary of God". That changed his point of view. He then saw things from a new

and true angle, and came out of that sanctuary saying: "Thou shalt guide me with Thy

counsel (instead of the counsel of the ungodly that had began to weigh with him), and

afterward receive me to glory" (Psa. 73: 24).

The single eye presupposes the single heart, and the single heart can be found only

where Asaph found it:--