4-5 I’m not trying to get my way in the world’s way.
I’m trying to get your way, your Word’s way.
I’m staying on your trail; I’m putting one foot in front of the other.
I’m not giving up.
Psalm 17.4-5 (The Message)
Life is a series of choices.
Some of our choices are big and life changing, other choices are mundane and simple but in any choice, we can either be people who are trying to get our own way in the world’s way or we can people who are trying to work on behalf of God’s way, His kingdom way.
If you were to read all of Psalm 17, you would discover David (the author of this Psalm) crying out to God for help. David is crying out to God in the middle of the night and he is asking that God would find a way to help him in his desperate situation (Isn’t that when most of us cry out to God? We can’t sleep, we are worried about a situation and
we cry out to God for help!). David is crying out to God with a pure heart, a heart that is following God ways. He is confidently expecting that God will help him with his desperately big choice.
This Psalm gives us permission to also cry out to God. In both our big and small choices, we can cry out for help and God will answer.
In all of our choices, the countless choices that you and I will face in life, may we seek the way of God and His kingdom, not our own way or the world’s way. May we walk daily, putting one foot in front of the other, not giving up on the way of God and His Kingdom.
Come this Sunday as we dig a bit deeper into this Psalm of David and listen to another selection from “God’s Greatest Hits.”
This Psalm gives us permission to also cry out to God. In both our big and small choices, we can cry out for help and God will answer.
In all of our choices, the countless choices that you and I will face in life, may we seek the way of God and His kingdom, not our own way or the world’s way. May we walk daily, putting one foot in front of the other, not giving up on the way of God and His Kingdom.
Come this Sunday as we dig a bit deeper into this Psalm of David and listen to another selection from “God’s Greatest Hits.”
Know that I am praying for you and am looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.