Psalm 25:1-5 - To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
in you I trust, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put
to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. Show me your
ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach
me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you
all day long.
David’s many Psalms span the emotions we feel throughout our
lives. This one speaks of his trust in God…even though he felt penned in on all
sides. He was begging God to get him through another uncertain time…and reveal
just enough of the bigger plan for his life to help him find hope and strength.
We’ve all been there…faced uncertain times…been confused at
the many choices in life we can make. We have all felt like David at some point
in our lives….but do we always react with as much confidence as he did?
I have to admit that I am weak…frail…needy….even
sinful. At my lowest times… a fog of
funk surrounds me and traps me in my house.
I even sidestep church those weekends…just wanting to lay on the couch
and watch movies…not wanting to explain to anyone how down I feel. I never feel any better for the choice to retreat
from the world for those few days.
God is loving…forgiving…merciful…all knowing. He alone knows
the plan he has to lift me out of the funk…for he always does. Sometimes I see the reason I let myself be
trapped …..and sometimes I don’t. But I
am always assured that God is watching over me.
This time he sent a sweet friend to check on me...and pray for me. He
knew just what I needed….and sent it to me…even though I didn’t deserve it.
This scripture reminds me that it all boils down to how
mature in God we are…so I guess I have some more studying to do…to learn how to
kick satan to the curb the next time he attacks my emotions. The writer of
Hebrews 5 must have been writing to people just like me….for he explains it so
well. He said in verses 12-14… “ In fact, though by this time you ought
to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths
of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an
infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good
from evil.”
David must have felt the same way throughout his life….for he
goes on to say in verse 8-9…. “The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to
those who go astray. He leads the
humble in what is right, teaching them his way.” David knew…no matter what...that God would
always be there…he just had to ask for his help. And he always did. He always asked God to
teach him just a bit more about his love….so he could move out of his pain and
find new purpose for the sins he committed through forgiveness.
Father…teach me
more about you this morning…just enough to lift me out of the funk fog that
settled over me this weekend. Guide me….show
me your paths….help me uncover the work you have for me to do. Defend me from
satan’s attacks…pardon me from all my sins…and help me grow up and stop
drinking pure milk all the time. Instill in me a need to know more about you…and
start feeding off the solid food that Paul spoke of. Thank you for the friends…that
you sent to help me…and pray for me.
Thank you for not letting me stay down…but showing me the way out …again.
Amen.
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