God knows us intimately. He knows our deepest desires and thoughts. He knows our concerns and fears. The other day I was reading Psalm 25. It was timely for me, because I needed to trust in God for something. Then during Sunday worship service at my church, I felt God speak to my heart. “Bill, just trust me”, He said. He said it several times. It is exactly what I needed to hear at that time. He was telling me to lean on Him and not to lean on my own understanding. So often we need God to speak to us, just to let us know He is listening and that He is there for us when we need Him.
In Psalm 25, David prayed “In you, Lord my God, I put my trust”. (some translations say “I lift up my soul”). This was an expression of faith without the evidence of hope yet revealed. David was praying; reaching out to God to rescue him. God asks us also to step out in faith and ask Him to rescue us from our loneliness and affliction, our troubles, anguish and distress. Just trust in Him. Let our hope be in Him alone.
Psalm 25 Of David.
1 In you, Lord my God,
I put my trust. (some translations say “I lift up my soul”)
2 I trust in you;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3 No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.
4 Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.
8 Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
11 For the sake of your name, Lord,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
14 The Lord confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.
15 Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart
and free me from my anguish.
18 Look on my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.
19 See how numerous are my enemies
and how fiercely they hate me!
20 Guard my life and rescue me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope, Lord, is in you.
22 Deliver Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!
PRAYER: Dear Lord, help me to put my trust in You. Show me Your ways; teach me Your paths. My hope, Lord, is in You.
Copyright 2013 by Bill Hutzel