Let My Answer Before Thee Be Truthful, O God...

O holy God, let the light of Thy perfect righteousness fall upon my sinful ways...

Do I ever allow bodily appetites to take precedence over spiritual interests?
To which do I give the benefit of the doubt, when my course is not clear?
Do I ever allow the thought of my own gain to take precedence over the interests of the community?
To which do I give the benefit of the doubt, when my course is not clear?

Let my answer before Thee be truthful, O God...

(A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie, p. 99)