Inquire of the Lord.
The phrase is found in several Old Testament passages. Here’s one:
2 Samuel 2:1 (ESV)
After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.”
“Inquire of the Lord.” You’re not asking God to bless your plans. You’re asking God to make your plans. And per yesterday’s post, listen for God’s answer.
Yesterday’s post is titled Know the Lord.
God already knows you better than you know yourself. You’ll never know God better if you’re the one doing all the talking.
Take a cue from young Samuel.
1 Samuel 3:10 (CEV)
The Lord then stood beside Samuel
and called out as he had done before,
“Samuel! Samuel!”
“I’m listening,” Samuel answered.
God wants you to know him better. Be like Samuel. 
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know
that I am God.
Know the Lord.
Know — in Hebrew, yada: acknowledge, get acquainted, discover, experience, have a relationship with, be known by.
Be still and have face-to-face time with God.
Be still and be known by God.
Be still and know God.
Stop. Hush! Be still.
Psalm 119:105 (ESV)
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
“It is true the head needs illumination, but even more the feet need direction, else head and feet may both fall into a ditch. Happy is the man who personally appropriates God’s word, and practically uses it as his comfort and counselor, — a lamp to his feet.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Exposition of Psalm 119:105-112
I want to see where I’m going.
Light up my mind, Lord, and light up my path. Keep my head and feet out of the ditch.
When I don’t know the way, I depend on my GPS to get me where I’m going.
Turn right.
Merge left.
Take the second right.
I love the little voice that guides me.
Over 2500 years ago, Isaiah wrote of another guiding voice.
Isaiah 30:21 (NLT)
Your own ears will hear him.
Right behind you a voice will say,
“This is the way you should go,”
whether to the right or to the left.
The Lord my God — better than GPS!
I dreamed that my father had a map with every road on it. I admired his map. I coveted his map. I begged for his map.
He wouldn’t give it to me. He said, “You don’t need to know every road. You need to know the road you’re on right now.”
This dream has a spiritual message:
I want to know:
God says, “You don’t need to know. I’ll show you the way.”
I stand at the intersection of two passages of Scripture.
Matthew 6:13 (ESV)
Lead us not into temptation.
Psalm 23:3
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
One path is the wrong way.
The other is the right way.
The choice should be obvious. 
Our congregation’s usual Sunday practice is to pray the Lord’s Prayer, including:
Matthe 6:13 (ESV)
Lead us not into temptation.
I picture Jesus blocking my path to temptation with a roll of yellow caution tape. Truth be told, I sometimes sneak under the tape, only to regret it later.
My bad, God. I’m sorry.
Matthew 5:14 (NASB)
You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Have you flown over an urban area at night? Lights define the city center, the roads and parking lots.
Picture a dark world. Every Christian is a point of light. Where many Christians live and work, there’s much light. Other areas are mostly black with an occasional point of light.
Where are you?
