Psalm 143:10 - may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Psalm 143:10

Commentary

The psalmist not only wanted to know the will of God (v. 8b), he also wanted a heart trained to obey that will. God, after all, was his God, and what could be more proper than for the creature to obey his Creator? Everyone has his ups and downs in life, but not everyone has as rocky a road as David. His desire here is that the Lord's good Spirit will lead him over smoother terrain, free from the extreme forms of danger and disaster to which he had been exposed.

MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Ps 143:10). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

James 2:14 - Can such faith save him?

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

James 2:14

Commentary

James is describing the man who has nothing but a profession of faith. He says he has faith, but there is nothing about his life that indicates it. The second helpful key is brought out in the NASB. There, the verse closes with the question "Can that faith save him?" In other words, can that kind of faith save? It is all words, and nothing else.

MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Jas 2:14). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.