Our Lord God is good and honorable. He teaches us His ways, even when we are sinners, and He shows us His judgments, which impresses on us that He is serious about us walking in holiness. He disciplines His children to keep us on His protective straight and narrow path for us (Hebrews 12:6; Matthew 7:14; Psalm 25:8-9).
When we keep His covenant and His declarations, all of His paths for us include His mercy and truth, and He pardons our ill-chosen iniquity. He has mercy on us when we stumble and fall into satanic traps, as well as when we are desolate and distressed.
Yet, when we spend our day looking to the Lord for His guidance and wisdom in accomplishing His will for each moment of our time, we experience peace and joy that exceed anything that this world has to offer (Psalm 25:10-11).
Our Daddy God teaches and guides the meek in His ways. He protects us from the snares, which the devil plans for us; His love for us is steadfast and full of mercy. He delivers us through these trials without any shame or tarnish on our integrity and righteousness (Psalm 25:15-16).
In our lifetime, we encounter many people who dislike us, harbor cruel hatred toward us, stand against us, or who cause untrue gossip to multiply about us; but when we wait on the Lord and put our trust in Him, our Father God protects our soul (Psalm 25:19-21).
When we are bombarded with trouble on every side, He strengthens our heart, gives our soul the ability to handle the crisis, and delivers us through the hard times with victory and strength. He has compassion on our affliction and pain, and He forgives our disobedience when we stray from His plans for us (Psalm 25:17-18).
God does, however, allow those who misbehave without any cause to be humiliated as we reap what we sow, but He will not allow those that wait on His guidance and forgiveness to be ashamed, nor does He let our enemies triumph over us. In thankfulness, we lift up our soul to our God, and we trust in Him alone (Galatians 6:7-9; Psalm 25:1-3).
Prayer:
Father God, show us Your ways, teach us Your truths, and lead us along Your paths for us, because You are our God of salvation. We want to wait on You all day long, and not to rush ahead or make our own plans. When we transgress from Your will for us, remember Your mercy, grace and steadfast love and kindness toward us throughout our lifetime (Psalm 25:4-6).
Thank You for mercifully forgiving our youthful sins as we strayed from Your Word and Your paths. Your goodness knows no bounds. As we respect Your truths and Your ways, You never tire of teaching us the direction that You planned for us to go - even before the beginning of time (Ephesians 2:10). We give You the praise and honor that is always due to Your name (Psalm 25:7-12).
Thought for the Day:
Our soul dwells in peace, our children and posterity inherit the goodness of the earth, and our heart has no worries or fears when we covenant with God in salvation, because we consult the Lord all day long and He teaches us His secrets and honors His covenant with us forevermore, as we bask in His steadfast love.
- Psalm 25:13-14
