He wants to teach you, if you will be receptive. Even where we fall short, God is patient with us. God looks on our hearts - he looks for those who are humble and teachable and trying. We all have been naive and said things we later regretted, but God’s compassion toward us is not fragile.ĭavid’s confidence moves him to affirm the good news that God will indeed instruct the humble in the way they should live. And because he knows that God is merciful and patient, he knows that he can count on receiving it. He owns up to his missteps and requests God’s forgiveness. He asks God to overlook his sins and transgressions - the ways in which he’s messed up, as a naive youth who doesn’t yet know any better. There are many folks out there espousing views that might have a grain of truth to them, but we need to be extra careful to listen closely and examine what we are taking in, parsing out truth from exaggeration.Īnd notice that as David is praying in Psalm 25 for God to give him discernment, he becomes aware of how much he has fallen short. A lot of us know right from wrong but we are often in need of some special help from God to tell what’s right from what’s almost right. It’s a prayer I’d encourage you to take up often, too.Ĭharles Spurgeon is famously quoted as having said that “Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong discernment is knowing the difference between right and almost right!” There’s a powerful truth to this statement.
It caused me to really seek the Lord and ask him regularly to lead me in his truth and keep me on the right path. I was being exposed to a lot of new information and different perspectives on God and on the Bible, and it was difficult learning what to trust and what to set aside. What’s even harder for some of us is that we also need to follow David’s lead in humbly admitting it when we don’t have all the answers! We need to be aware of just how much more we have to learn!īack when I was in Bible college and seminary, I prayed Psalm 25:5 often. Praying that God would lead us in his truth and help us be discerning. For many of us today, what we need to be doing most is praying, like David, for God to teach us.
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That’s why David cries out to God, “Lord, lead me in your truth and teach me.” He’s asking God to instruct him on how to live, admitting that he doesn’t know. We wrestle with who to believe and who to trust to even begin finding some answers. Like David when he was writing this prayer, many of us look around and see all that is going wrong in the world and are wondering what we can possibly do to find solutions or make a constructive difference. Much like David, I often find myself in a state of confusion or uncertainty, in circumstances that show me that I need guidance, discernment, and direction. He will show him the way he should choose.Īnd his descendants will inherit the land.Ī couple of reasons why I love this psalm. To those who keep his covenant and decrees. In keeping with your faithful love, remember meĪll the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth
Those who act treacherously without cause It’s Psalm 25, and it’s a prayer for God’s guidance, written by King David as he was living in the midst of uncertain times: It’s one that helps me whenever I’m really feeling the burden of just how much I don’t know. To help us navigate these tumultuous circumstances, I want to share with you some reflections from one of my favorite psalms. We are living in the midst of uncertain times, and for a lot of us it’s probably easy to feel overwhelmed by all the things that are rapidly developing every day - in the news, on the Internet, and even in our homes and workplaces. Home › Bible study › Old Testament › A Biblical Prayer for Guidance in Uncertain Times (Psalm 25)Ī Biblical Prayer for Guidance in Uncertain Times (Psalm 25)
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