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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Pleading for God's Guidance (Psalm 25)

Psalm 25

Last year for Christmas my parents bought me a GPS. I think maybe Amy talked them into it. She’s ridden with me enough to know that if I veer off the main roads in search of a better way, there’s a pretty good chance it won’t turn out well.

The same thing happens in our spiritual walk. If we think we can find a better way than God’s way, there’s a really good chance it won’t turn out well for us. And make no mistake about it, there are plenty of voices in this world distracting us from the narrow way, clamoring for our attention and affections, tempting us to compromise and seeking to see us stumble into sin.

Psalm 25 is like the navigational system directing us back to the pathway of Christ. If you’ve veered off the straight and narrow and seem to have lost your way, make the words of this psalm your earnest plea to the Lord for His guidance. Pledge your heart and soul to Him anew this day. Trust in Him without wavering. Plead with Him to show you His ways and teach you His paths and guide you in His truth.

The best part is that because the Lord is good, because His mercy is new every morning, His grace greater than our sins, and because He is loving and faithful toward the humble, He will take away all your sins. He will guard your life and rescue you from your affliction and distress. He will instruct you in the way you should go without fail and without disappointing.

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