Psalm 25

Scripture 

Psalm 25:4-5 tpt 

4 Direct me, Yahweh, throughout my journey

    so I can experience your plans for my life.

    Reveal the life-paths that are pleasing to you.

5 Escort me into your truth; take me by the hand and teach me.

    For you are the God of my salvation;

    I have wrapped my heart into yours all day long!

Observation

Psalm 25:4-5  Is a praise and cry to God for his direction and help by David, who wants to know of the plans and guidance God has for him. He carries the desire of intimacy and time with the Father. 

Understanding

David knows that God is the one who saves him, directs him, he shows us how we shouldn’t rely on our own strength but go to God and rely on him. If we are worried about our own future…what can we ask God? Direct me, when we don’t know the right way in life, ask: Reveal the life-paths that are pleasing to you. 

I like what David is saying here, as someone who struggles with my future and the thought of it, not feeling qualified for it even after figuring out what I had wanted to do. I needed to remind myself I have a God I can go to, one I can rely on like David did. In the scripture Jeremiah 29:11 it says:

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

This scripture was also a great reminder that God has a plan and future for me.

Life Application

“Lord give me the desire to be teachable and to know your ways, show me the direction for my life when I don’t see it, help me to trust and take the right steps to live my life in a way that is pleasing to you.” 

This is a scripture you can start your day off with. God is speaking to us all the time and we just need to listen…

Jeremiah 33:3- 3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

-Grace Lilley