Psalm 25 is a plea we should all have for deliverance and forgiveness. Deliverance from the snares of ourselves. And forgiveness because we are so focused on ourselves that we fail to see who we really are. I have come face to face with a person inside of me telling me I could be better. But times before I didn’t want to hear that. I liked being who I was.
Psalm 25:4-5 encourages us in this way. It says, “Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I will wait all day.” David is saying, show me Lord, and I will change and follow what You reveal.
I wish I had the faith of David. Often the Lord will show me things, and often I will choose to follow my ways instead of what He shows me.
If I wish to have the faith of David, I must be willing to change from my ways to ways I do not know. So, this is what I have learned. I don’t want to read scripture so that I can simply be informed and aware of what God says. I need to be transformed by scripture. I go to scripture not just to read but to be read.
In Job 34:32, there is a little word that says, “Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more.” I am no longer satisfied simply by reading the scripture through my own eyes. My eyes may never be clear enough to see what I do not see. I have too many shortcomings and too many desires of my own that keep me from seeing His ways.
So, I now say, take my hands Lord and show me what I am missing that is right before me. Instead of me reading scripture, let me now come to scripture and to Your Word so that it can read my life. Show me my ways Lord and show me where I need to be transformed.
When Your Word looks for forgiveness in me and finds none, please show me my ways and teach me how to change.
When Your Word looks for grace and mercy in me and finds neither, please show me my ways and teach me how to change.
When Your Word looks for Love and understanding in me and finds neither, please show me my ways and teach me how to change.
I am grateful that I learned to turn things around. The old me has always wanted to read God’s Word and to apply it to my life. The new me wants to have God’s Word read me and to transform my life from what it is into what it is reading.
David learned this. Psalm 25 isn’t just a cry for more of God, it is a cry for the Lord to deliver us from the bondage of being ourselves. David understood this. He knew that He could not rightly serve the Lord if he were not delivered from living his ways. We should want this for ourselves.
So, today I ask the Lord to show each of us our ways so that we will be moved to change from the ways of our own to the Ways that He chooses. If you can be delivered from yourself, it is probably possible that you can be delivered to Him in His ways.
Ask the Lord today to show you your ways and be ready to be transformed from your thoughts to His, from your actions to His, from your views to His, and from your life to His.
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