Teach Me

“Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.” (Psalm 119:12)

It was a sad day for the disciples. Jesus was dead, or so they thought. They had seen Him arrested and lead away to the judgment hall. They had heard the cry of the people against Him and they had seen Him carry His cross up Calvary’s road. As they walked along the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus they talked of all the things that had happened in the last few days. While they talked another man joined them and walked along with them. They couldn’t believe that their companion did not know that their Lord was dead. It was then that He began to teach them from the Word and slowly their eyes were opened and they understood. Finally, when He broke bread with them they realized who their companion was the Lord. Just as quickly as they realized who He was then He was gone. They sat there wondering at what had just happen. Then one of them said, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" (Luke 24:32).

I am sure that these two disciples had studied the Scriptures over and over again but they still needed the Divine Teacher to open their eyes so that they could understand with their hearts. We too may have studie4d the Scriptures for ourselves but we have missed seeing the Lord. We need to pray as the Psalmist did, “Teach me your decrees.”

The disciples had spent three years with Jesus but when they came to the empty tomb they didn’t understand the Scriptures that He must rise from the dead. John tells us, “They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.” (John 20:9). We need to pray that God the Holy Spirit would open our eyes so that we might understand the Scriptures. John tells that the Holy Spirit is the one who will be our teacher and guide us into all truth.