4) Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. 5) Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. 6) Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past. 7) Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.
8) The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. 9) He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way. 10) The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands. 11) For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins. 12) Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose. 13) They will live in prosperity nothing missing/lacking, and their children will inherit the land. 14) The Lord is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant. 15) My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies. Psalm 25:4-15 (NLT)
Although the Lord showers His goodness on all men, the ability to perceive and enjoy it is limited by a refusal to reverence Him as God. To experience the fullness of His kindness, we must honor Him by choosing His pathway of submission and obedience. The Lord will never withhold good from those who walk uprightly with Him.
In love and wisdom, the Father has specifically designed a pathway for each of His children. Because no two people are alike, each path will look different. What may be best for one person may not be good for another. Comparison of God’s ways in different lives will lead only to discouragement and misjudgment. We have neither the wisdom nor the eternal perspective to understand why the Lord leads some people down paths of pain and hardship, but we can know that He is always good.
Every step on God’s pathway represents a deliberate choice to follow Him. By looking around instead of fixing our eyes on Jesus, we may start thinking that we are missing out on some really good experiences or possessions. If we leave the Lord’s course to follow a path that looks better, we will forfeit His good blessings and discover, as Adam and Eve did, that any other way leads to loss.
Take time periodically to ask yourself, Am I on the path the Lord has chosen for me, or have I taken a detour to follow another direction that looks good? To build our own course and ignore the goodness and abundance of His pathway is foolishness. God alone knows the way we should take.
Be Blessed!
Dawn
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment